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Do you have any significant worries for 2022?

January 10, 2022

Not really any worries, just not sure how to position our fertilizer purchases. Fortunately we don't need any machinery unless an excellent deal comes along. With no-till we just don't put on many hours. Luckily, we grid sampled in fall of 2020 so we know the soil test levels for the most part are in great shape and we can efficiently manage our fertilizer applications with these high nutrient costs. We are also in uncommon marketing territory so we're not quite sure how much grain to market.

I guess my biggest concerns are the overall health of our Country's economy, and our world marketing opportunities. Both of these issues along with this huge inflation of fertilizer and equipment make for unstable times ahead. We'll just have to keep our powder dry and be ready for the rodeo ride.

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Jim Leverich

No-Till Farmer's Conservation Ag Operator Fellow for 2022, Jim Leverich is a no-till farmer near Sparta, Wis. His 1,000 acre-farm has been in his family since 1864 and no-tilled since 1984. An innovator and educator, Leverich has 35-plus years of no-till and on-farm research experience, and possesses a deep, practical understanding of what makes no-till work. For his contributions while at the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension Service, Leverich was named the No-Till Innovator of the Year (Research & Education category) in 2006. A talented presenter and writer, Leverich was a regular guest columnist for No-Till Farmer in 2011 when it earned the Gold Medal as the nation’s top newsletter from the American Society of Business Press Editors.