Farmers are taking steps now to make sure they’ll have access to crop protection products in a timely manner.

Brent Johnson grows corn and soybeans in central Iowa and tells Brownfield he sat down with his supplier last week.

“We had that conversation about which herbicide packages are available, which ones might be available, and the cost structure around those is really out of line.”

The Iowa Farm Bureau president says he currently has a hold on one chemical package simply because he knew he could get it.

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