An extension corn agronomist encourages farmers to watch costs as margins get tighter.

Jeff Coulter with the University of Minnesota says most farmers probably won’t pull back significantly on crop inputs.

“Basic things like soil fertility and seed, planting rate, those are kind of established. And you don’t want to skimp too much on those factors because that could affect your yield level. But some of the other factors they may need to think about a little more closely.”

He tells Brownfield an example would be foliar fungicides around tasseling.

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