Central Illinois Farmers Optimistic but Wary of Rising Costs as Planting Season Begins

Clay Crouse, precision agronomist at Advanced Agrilytics, checks out the soil in a field at Kieser Farms in McLean County. (Photo by Clay Jackson, The Pantagraph)

Central Illinois Farmers in McLean, Tazewell, and DeWitt Counties spoke with The Pantagraph about rising input costs as planting season kicks off. Interviews feature farmers Jason Kieser, McLean County, Mike Deppert, Tazwell County, and Kevin Toohill, DeWitt County. The article discusses spring planting conditions as well as rising input costs and interest rates.

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