You aren?t imagining things. 2022 has been a turbulent year for farmers trying to navigate high input costs. World events, supply chain disruptions, and extreme weather have led to everything from input shortages to high costs.
Earlier this month at the Syngenta crop protection media event in New Orleans the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network had a chance to speak with Matt Moreland, a farmer from southern Kansas, who says that high input costs are a reality of farming in 2022.
High fertilizer prices and worries about potential shortages have led Moreland to make an improvement to his farm?s infrastructure.
Farmers have valued their inputs like gold bars this year with costs through the roof. Producers want to use their inputs as efficiently as possible with rates so high.
Moreland says that data collection is one of the best ways to measure and keep track of fertilizer and other input usage.
Matt Moreland raises corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, and black angus cattle on his farm about 50 miles south of Wichita Kansas.
