A Wisconsin dairy farmer says his crop input costs for this spring are up considerably. 

Tom Kunkel from Cuba City in southwestern Wisconsin grows most of his own feed, and he tells Brownfield the chemical expenses for the 2022 crop took the biggest jump. “Last year, I paid like $10 a gallon for Roundup, and this year I was quoted a price of $59 a gallon.”

And fertilizer prices for his 260 acres of corn, 40 acres of oats, and 100 acres of alfalfa doubled, but he’s grateful seed prices didn’t go up as much.

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