Farmers bear impact as shutdown continues

Farmers bear impact as shutdown continues

Most farmers feel some impact from the government shutdown, now in its
second month. There is a widespread effect because of spotty USDA information that
normally drives market transactions, according to Kevin Ross, a farmer from
southwest Iowa.

“All the farmers are somewhat impacted by the current situation with numbers not
coming out of the USDA, and Chicago not being able to trade based on some of
that,” Ross told Brownfield Ag News.

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