‘Uncertainty’ a constant for farmers heading into planting season

Janelle Atyeo
Mar 11, 2025
Mar 11, 2025

CC Uncertainty 1.jpg — Cole Olson signs his name in support of ethanol in the National Corn Growers Association booth at the Commodity Classic trade show in Denver March 3.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

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Farmers face uncertainty every time they put a seed in the ground.

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CC Uncertainty 2.jpg — Comstock Investments President Matthew Kruse talks to farmers about market conditions during a session March 3 at Commodity Classic in Denver.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

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CC Uncertainty 3.jpg — Reuters market columnist Karen Braun discusses Brazil’s place in the export market during a panel March 3 at Commodity Classic in Denver.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

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India trade mission — Mike McCranie, third from right, is a Claremont soybean farmer and secretary of the South Dakota Soybean Research & Promotion Council (SDSRPC). He recently traveled to India as part of a trade mission organized by the USA Poultry & Egg Export Council and designed to build relationships to bolster exports of U.S. poultry.

Courtesy of USAPEEC

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Potash mining — Potash is mined at an underground mine in Carlsbad, New Mexico.
U.S. Geological Survey

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Janelle Atyeo is a small town South Dakota girl enjoying her work as regional editor of the Midwest Messenger and Tri-State Neighbor while raising kids and no-till vegetables in central Sioux Falls. Reach her at janelle.atyeo@lee.net.