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Crop inputs top of mind for Minnesota farmer

Farmers have been busy locking in inputs for next year.

West-central Minnesota corn and soybean grower Richard Syverson says he purchased fertilizer for 2023 over the summer.

“On our farm, I locked in my fertilizer for next season back when this year’s corn crop was just pollinating.”

He tells Brownfield that allowed him to target market prices based on cost of production for the upcoming season.

“I think there’s a lot of things up in the air, although I’m hearing good things about maybe chemical (prices) peaked last summer and will maybe be just a little bit more reasonably priced than they were at the peak.”

The Pope County farmer and current president of the Minnesota Corn Growers Association says he hasn’t locked those inputs in yet.