Farmers manage challenging input costs

Farmers manage challenging input costs

Northwest Missouri farmer Jordan Bottiger says input costs were one of his biggest challenges this growing season.

“Things really just increased between fertilizer, chemicals and fuel,” he said. “Everything is darn near double, if not more, than what is was last year.”

But he tells Brownfield supply chain issues weren’t a problem. “It was a limited supply, but we never really had to wait on anything. We were able to keep rolling.

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