A west central Iowa farmer describes a hectic harvest this fall.
“It was rampant.”
Brent Johnson grows corn and soybeans in Calhoun County and tells Brownfield they finished harvest the last full weekend of October.
“Crops were really pretty good. Soybeans were surprisingly good, corn was still good but not as good as we originally anticipated earlier in the fall and in late summer.”
He says much of his focus is turning to 2026.
“Harvest season is one of my favorite seasons. It’s good to see it get here (and) it’s good to be done in some aspects. But as I started looking at seed (and) fertilizer costs for next year, it looks like that trend for profitability challenges is going to continue.”
Johnson, who serves as president of Iowa Farm Bureau, says they are applying lime and addressing a few compaction issues before the ground freezes.
