A long-time South Dakota farmer who is semi-retired is watching his two sons operate their business at a time of very high and very low prices.

Lewis Bainbridge and his sons grow corn, soybeans and wheat and run a cow-calf operation in southeast South Dakota. He told Brownfield Ag News this Monday they sold soybeans early and often last year but they do have a fair amount of corn yet to sell.

“The last I knew they sold some for $7.36 so for us that would be a record price.”

He says it will be interesting to see what happens moving forward because he expects they’re going to run out of soybeans and corn, too.

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