Tight crop margins are nothing new for members of the Lynnville Ag Marketing Club, a collection of farmers who’ve been getting together through every bull and bear market for the past 15 years.

"We’re going to be looking at less income this year," said Max VandeLune, a Jasper County Farm Bureau member who has been coming to the club’s meetings since its inception. "But we’ve had some good years the last few years."

The Lynnville club started...