Supply chain disruptions and the lack of irrigation repairs might have cut top-end yields for some crops in the Western Corn Belt.
Danny Gardner farms near Sioux City, Iowa and tells Brownfield he couldn’t repair a pivot when drought intensified this summer, which led to pollination issues. “A variable frequency drive for a pivot – that one in particular – I don’t know how many months we waited but we spent a lot of time not irrigating when we wish we could have.”
Jamey Kohake with Paragon Investments – a commodity brokerage service – says the aftermath of widespread storm damage earlier this growing season will be seen at harvest.
