A past president of the National Corn Growers Association is predicting some farmers will change their planting intentions from corn to soybeans this year. Kevin Ross of Underwood said that’s because soybeans do not require an application of nitrogen fertilizer....
An eastern Iowa farmer who’s a past president of the Iowa Corn Growers Association says the price spike in fertilizer is out of control. Lance Lillibridge raises cattle, corn, soybeans and alfalga in Benton County, near Vinton. “Jacking up prices of...