Debts and liabilities carried by poultry farmers

Poultry farmers in Arkansas and Missouri, two states with a large Tyson Foods footprint, have seen their debt increase at least three times the average of surveyed states.

This data does not separate out types of poultry or delineate between the cost of raising chickens for meat or egg production. The Agricultural Resource Management Survey provides an average of debt and other monetary obligations on the farm for 15 surveyed states.
Chart: John McCracken, Investigate MidwestSource: USDA Agricultural Resource Management SurveyGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper