“The value of drones on the farm, as high as it is today,” says Russell Hedrick, “will soon go up to levels not even imagined yet.”

While farmers are facing higher fertilizer prices due to the Iran conflict the inability to move fertilizer through the Strait of Hormuz is also threatening spring supplies.

Grains futures all made new highs for the move in the overnight session but could not hold on to gains during the day says Garrett Toay of AgTrader Talk with a pick up in farmer selling.

A wet, active weather pattern across the Eastern Corn Belt could delay early planting this spring. Meteorologist Matt Griffin says repeated rain events through March and April may keep fields too saturated for fieldwork east of Iowa.

N-Serve^® nitrogen stabilizer consistently serves farmers for 50 years

Prioritize timing and placement to ensure young corn plants have access to enough N to withstand any disruption from microbial immobilization.