Burden to Fall on Nebraska Farmers with Rising Fertilizer Prices

Jan 19, 2022

By Aaron Bonderson

A report from Texas A&M University predicts fertilizer prices will rise as much as 80 percent next year. Fertilizer costs are already at record highs.

Kelly Brunkhorst is the executive director at the Nebraska Corn Board. He said the corn board has been worried more price increases were on the horizon.

“They are continuing to skyrocket and puts a burden upon farmers and ranchers across the state and across the nation,” Brunkhorst said.

Brunkhorst said many factors are driving up prices. Some companies are attempting to impose a tariff on overseas imports of nitrogen, a key ingredient in many fertilizers.

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Harvest is a week out and the farm picked this week to fall apart. The truck needs a battery, the barn curtain's got a problem, and the corn and beans are telling us we're out of time to get it all fixed.

So it's a full day of wrenching. Tork supervises while I get the truck back running, then we're out at the hog barn where one rusted up part has the whole curtain system hung up. Ladder work, cable work, and a little dad-and-son disagreement about the right way to do it. We close it out walking the fields, shelling beans and checking corn, because whether everything's fixed or not, harvest starts when harvest starts.

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