2022 Fall Farm Outlook

2022 Fall Farm Outlook Lincoln Daily News Oct 2022 Page 11 The specific questions asked of each person/ business were: Are farmers going to have supply issues next year? Are costs going to be much higher or do you think they will level out? Here are their answers: Brandt Co. Burtonview Eric Gordon of Brandt offered a detailed answer to each of the two questions. Question one: “I do not believe the farmers will deal with the supply issues in 2023 that we dealt with in 2022 when it comes to herbicides. There are still some supply issues throughout the industry but I think that a lot was learned from the 2022 season and the local retailers will be prepared to meet the farmers’ needs in 2023. “I also believe at this current time we are prepared to meet the growers’ nutrient needs for the 2023 crop season. “There are some things that could cause us issues. “Weather is a major contributor for the success of the crops we grow and it can also contribute to some supply issues since we depend on the rivers to move product for us. At this time there is a threat of the rivers shutting down due to being low and this would slow product movement, but we hope to have a large portion of product in position to meet the fall needs. “The other issue is the continued threat of a rail strike, a lot of nutrients are also moved on the rail so this could potentially cause and issue down the road. We do believe if it happens it will be late enough in the season to not affect our fall season.” Question two:“For the 2023 crop season farmers are seeing a rise in cost for fall nutrients compared to fall of 2022. These prices are actually down slightly from the cost we saw in the spring of 2022. There are many reason being given for those prices increases and many of those center around politics, from the war in the Ukraine to labor cost and also increased transportation cost to get the supply in place. “When it comes to other 2023 crop inputs(seed and crop protection) I see more of the leveling out compared to the increases they saw in 2022. There will be increases but not to the CONTINUED --