Chad Hart, professor, was interviewed for a Nov. 3 Radio Iowa story, "Fertilizer prices bound, compounding challenges for farmers."
Iowa State University ag economist Chad Hart says the spike in prices will affect the choices farmers make for next year’s crop.
Hart says, “It makes it more likely that farmers will switch some acreage from corn to soybeans to try to avoid the higher prices, the higher cost here of fertilizer.” Soybeans don’t need fertilizer to produce a crop the way corn does.
Hart, meanwhile, says fertilizer prices haven’t been this high since 2009 and 2010. He expects the prices to remain high until after planting season in the spring.
This story also covered by
KIOW, Nov. 3
Sioux County Daily News, Nov. 8
Iowa Capital Dispatch, Nov. 8