Southwest Iowa farmer Justin Ewalt says higher production costs continue to be a challenge.

“The inflation is high and it has been,” he said. “It doesn’t matter whether you are buying a cheeseburger at a local restaurant, or buying oil to change in a tractor, it’s quite a bit higher from what we’ve experienced in the past.”

But he tells Brownfield fertilizer prices are going in the right direction.

“Prices are drastically different than they were a year ago, quite a bit cheaper,” he said.

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