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    Master Target Maker
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    I don't know if anyone follows the ag markets but things are getting rough there too. While commodity prices are high right now, all the inputs are way up. Fuel as you all know is up alot (this time of year we burn roughly 600-1000 gallons a day.
    Seed costs are way up. Fertilizer has doubled and in some cases tripled. There is rumblings from fert reps of nitrogen hitting $1 a pound in our near future. (To put in perspective it was $0.15 -$0.20 a pound a little over a year ago. Chemicals such as glyphosate is up as well.

    Supply on everything is short. Seed, fertilizer and chemicals. Definitely will be shortages this coming year.

    Parts like every other industry are hard to find. With several JD plants on strike still. Simple oem parts are getting scarce for certain things.
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    Quote Originally Posted by banks74 View Post
    I don't know if anyone follows the ag markets but things are getting rough there too. While commodity prices are high right now, all the inputs are way up. Fuel as you all know is up alot (this time of year we burn roughly 600-1000 gallons a day.
    Seed costs are way up. Fertilizer has doubled and in some cases tripled. There is rumblings from fert reps of nitrogen hitting $1 a pound in our near future. (To put in perspective it was $0.15 -$0.20 a pound a little over a year ago. Chemicals such as glyphosate is up as well.

    Supply on everything is short. Seed, fertilizer and chemicals. Definitely will be shortages this coming year.

    Parts like every other industry are hard to find. With several JD plants on strike still. Simple oem parts are getting scarce for certain things.

    Glyphosate doubled and distributors claiming orders put in last Jan still not filled. Now hearing pyrethroids will be very short.

    Water will likely be a huge issue next season as well with La Nina forecast and storage depleted this year. This even with -+ 20% of ground held out locally this year. Interesting times...

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