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COVID-19 pandemic drags down market for organic grain farmer
The COVID-19 pandemic has softened the organic market like it has conventional prices.
Minnesota organic corn and soybean farmer Carolyn Olson says she has grain in the bin that normally would’ve been shipped out in March.
“One of the places we sell corn to makes our corn into vodka, but they had to shut down that production in order to focus on making hand sanitizer.”
She tells Brownfield they still hope to empty their bins later this month.
“Hopefully hauling will go well. (as for) Pricing? Everybody would like to see prices go up, us included. But at the same time, we’re thankful for what we have at the moment.”
Olson and her husband Jonathan farm near Cottonwood in west-central Minnesota.
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