Thanks to rising prices and record inflation, farmers in Central Illinois are at a crossroads on the future of labor on the farm.

John Ackerman, the owner of Ackerman Family Farms in Morton, says his problems lie with the rapid minimum wage increase.

Usually, Ackerman employs 25 to 30 workers on his farm, but with increasing costs, he could slash that number next year.

At Ackerman Family Farms, John grows over 1-hundred 60 varieties of Pumpkins for major producers like Libby.