LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Here in Arkansas, farmers say they're facing an agricultural crisis.

"We're beyond ripple, we're beyond crisis. Were to a tsunami," Representative DeAnn Vaught (R) said.

Row crop farmers across Arkansas are sounding the alarm, pushing for help before it's too late.

"We're looking at one to three farms, one out of every three farms going out of business right now," Representative Vaught said.

Representative Vaught, a farmer herself, explained the message she and other agriculture leaders discussed during Tuesday's public meeting in Stuttgart.

They said it's a challenging situation for farms, many of which have been around for decades.

"The heartache of having to decide if I can carry on with the fifth-generation farm or the fourth-generation farm, and knowing that

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