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Corn and soybean prices this year look a lot better to producers than they did at this time in 2020. These better price prospects are giving growers some different options for 2021. Research sponsored by the J.L. Farmakis Company indicates that higher prices are allowing farmers to invest more in their operations and in the crops they will plan this spring.
During a farmer panel discussion, Jasper County producer Kendell Culp said better prices let farmers look at crops in a different way, “Last year when the weather turned dry and our yield prospects were in question, at $3 a bushel we could not justify investing $25 to $30 an acre in fungicides, to try and improve yields.”