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Minnesota farmer says fertilizer spike won’t disrupt spring plans

A farmer in southern Minnesota says surging fertilizer prices should not have much impact this spring.

Brad Kluver grows corn and soybeans near Northfield.

“Thankfully we had had a lot of our input costs priced in before, I mean there was volatility all the way through, but that’s definitely accelerated in recent time here. So our plans haven’t necessarily changed.”

But he tells Brownfield uncertainties in the Middle East and around the globe make it difficult to plan further out.

“Because how those input costs look, how those different variables look today, could be different in ten minutes (or) could be different tomorrow (to the point) where we need to re-strategize.”

Kluver says he is concerned about rising fuel costs with spring fieldwork about to begin.