Planting delays complicate grain marketing

Planting delays have some farmers feeling uneasy about marketing.

Les Anderson grows corn and soybeans in southeast Minnesota and tells Brownfield he’s barely turned a wheel this spring.

“The wildcard is the price of the inputs and are you going to be able to get fertilizer, and there’s so much uncertainty there. The dollars are that much bigger now and there’s bigger ways to mess up your marketing.”

He says with input prices at record highs, farmers probably can’t afford to sell corn for under $6 per bushel.

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