Missouri lawmakers are considering a proposed tax increase on the four best grades of farmland. State Senator Brian Munzlinger, a farmer from Northeast Missouri, says it’s a bad idea.

Munzlinger says agriculture has already suffered too much from weather and rising prices. Munzlinger says he has not been able to harvest a crop on his bottom land for the last four years. The Missouri Farm Bureau says productivity values should not be raised during tough times for farmers.