Chris Gibbs

Gibbs isn't that bad off yet, but he did delay buying fertilizer this year.

Melinda Witten with the Ohio Agribusiness Association says lots of farmers have been holding off.

Gibbs expects to lose $100 for every acre he plants this year.

He's been losing money since 2023.

I asked him how much longer he can operate at a loss.

The Trump administration has sent out billions in bridge payments to farmers to get them through this year's harvest season.

A program that Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said shows that, quote, Farmer Chris Gibbs does not like being reliant on government aid.

But in the past two months, he's changed his stance.

Economist Faith Parham at the American Farm Bureau Federation says even with a bailout from Washington, most corn, wheat and soybean farmers will still lose money this year.

In Maplewood, Ohio, I'm Kaylee Wells for Marketplace.