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More of the same in 2023?  

A southwestern Indiana farmer expects to see similar challenges during the 2023 crop year.

Mark Seib says farmers will likely continue to see the ripple effects of supply chain disruptions.

“I think we’ll still continue to see the challenges that we have in getting parts and getting the machinery up and running,” he says. “That seems to be a major shipping and transportation challenge especially if we’re relying on parts out of the country.”

He tells Brownfield ag input prices and availability is also top of mind.

“I think we’re still going to have some issues with fertilizer—being able to get it this year. Last year it was already in the country, this year it’s not in the country, so I think we have some issues with that coming up,” he says. “I’m hoping and looking for prices to come down for the fertilizer.”

Seib says he’d like to see 2023 bring a “return to normalcy.”

“I don’t know what normal is anymore. We’ve put out several crops throughout my life and none of them have been the same,” he says. “I’d like to get back to knowing what prices are and knowing that my equipment is ready to go and knowing the parts are here and knowing all those kinds of things, but sooner or later we’ll get there.”

The Posey County farmer says 2022 ended on a high note with some record-breaking yields, fall fieldwork and cover cropping, and timely moisture.

Brownfield interviewed Seib during the recent Indiana Farm Bureau Convention.