Frustrations over input costs grow for farmers with planting season weeks away

Farmers across the Corn Belt say they continue to experience sticker shock from input prices.  

Brandon Hunnicutt, a farmer on the board of Nebraska Corn Growers Association, says global tensions are fueling uncertainty in the fertilizer market. “This something that I’ve never seen from this standpoint of flying up this fast, this high, this quickly,” he says.

Ohio farmer Jeff Sollars tells Brownfield fertilizer availability isn’t a concern, but cost is.

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