Dealer says most fertilizer challenges are with specialty products

A central Wisconsin fertilizer dealer says most products have been available in time for planting season.

Tony Grapsas

Tony Grapsas with JayMar in Plover, Wisconsin tells Brownfield slow starts for planting in other states have helped with product availability. “Because the ‘I’ states were light, it hasn’t been too bad on N, P, and K, the nitrogen, phosphate, and potassium. Our biggest hiccup is the same as last year. Calcium sulfate or gypsum and pelletized lime, There’s only a couple of places that make it.”

Grapsas says trucking is hard to come by and expensive due to fewer truckers and fuel surcharges. 

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