National Corn Growers Association

Toddy says the forecast during the second week of October is expected to be the driest window for farmers.

On this portion of the program, we now join Brownfield's Aaron Anderson at the Farm Science Review for a conversation with Jed Bauer, the president of the National Corn Growers Association.

Jed Bauer, how's everything going on your operation this year? Have you started harvest yet?

We haven't started.

It really has.

I've met so many people and so many wonderful people across this country and made some tremendous friendships.

I'm just so humbled and so proud to be part of an organization that 10 years ago, I knew of the National Corn Growers Association.

I started dabbling and working with them and their action teams and things.

Now, while the higher grain prices are a welcome change, higher prices do not mean a farm's profitability problem is fixed immediately.

That, according to Krista Swanson, chief economist at the National Corn Growers Association, said, Scott Gurlitt, chief economist at the American Soybean Association, agreed, adding that farmers who own their own equipment outright could break even, but others are still facing losses.

If you owe a bunch of money with these input costs, it just does not work out right now, he said.

Swanson and Gurlitt, as well as others, spoke at the Ag Outlook Forum hosted by the Ag Business Council of Kansas City and by AgriPulse.

Now, National Corn Growers Association and the American Soybean Association back on Tuesday announced released a joint survey of more than 1,200 farmers showing that the, quote, financial pressure remains widespread across corn and soybean farmers.

The survey showed nearly half of farmers, 46%, are more concerned about their farm financials than a year ago.

Still, that figure is down from 65% last year.

High input costs remain a major concern, and growers say expectations for the 2026 crop leave little room for additional increases in production expenses.

National Corn Growers Association chief economist Krista Swanson says stronger corn prices can improve sentiment, but farm profitability does not change with one market move or crop year, she reminds.

American Soybean Association chief economist Scott Guralt says the results show how little room farmers have for unexpected costs, with expenses to put a

crop in the ground remaining high.

This is AgriPulse Job Time for Friday, September 25th, brought to you by the National Corn Growers Association.

Good afternoon, I'm Jeff Nally.

President Donald Trump said in a social media post today that he had a, quote, very productive meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, but offered few details.

I leave you in the capable hands of my colleague...

the ag bowl t-rex himself mr tommy grisafi thanks for uh for watching today i'll have i've got some dandy guests lined up for you next week i got brian grady on monday uh i've got uh this really cool weather guy on uh on tuesday i believe it is wednesday i think you and i will probably talk fertilizer thursday I've got Krista Swanson from the National Corn Growers Association.

I'm looking forward to talking with Krista.

And so it's going to be a big week next week.

So, Chip, I spoke with Krista Swanson yesterday at the Ag Outlook Forum.

She's the National Corn Growers Association chief economist.

She was on a panel with Josh Linville and the chief economist for the American Soybean Association.

And she says that we haven't seen China buying a lot of other commodities besides soybeans.