A South-Central Nebraska farmer says the cost of producing this year’s crop is a major concern partly because of historic drought.
Randy Uhrmacher tells Brownfield irrigation could be his biggest expense and may need $5 per bushel corn to breakeven. “We could easily have $100 per acre in irrigation costs. By the time you add a couple-hundred dollars an acre for fertilizer and over $100 per acre for seed, that bits into the bottom line rather quickly.”
He says irrigation systems have been running almost non-stop since early June because rainfall has been sporadic.
