Vittetoe says escalating fertilizer prices could influence some planting decisions, but most growers she’s talked to plan to keep their regular rotation.
An extension agronomist who covers southeast and east central Iowa says most farmers in her area are in good shape with fertilizer.
Rebecca Vittetoe with Iowa State University tells Brownfield a lot of manure gets applied in the fall.
“So I would say a lot of that fertilizer already has gone on, especially like phosphorous and potassium. And even lime applications, like a lot of that’s been on.”
She says there are concerns about nitrogen prices.
“If people didn’t lock in prices, or they were maybe thinking about putting some on in the fall and then coming back this spring, that could be where we see that have a bigger impact on us.”
