As the 2022 planting season commences, the Spokesman visited with Iowa Farm Bureau President Brent Johnson about the challenges farmers are facing with sharply higher input costs, supply chain challenges and how they’re using technology to be more efficient and sustainable. Here are excerpts of that conversation:

Q: How is inflation affecting farmers going into this planting season, especially in regard to fertilizer and input costs? 

A: That’s a massive concern right now. We’ve had the opportunity to sell $8 corn, but how...