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As prices at the grocery store rise, farmers' costs are up too

by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban

Jan 20, 2022

Iowa corn and soybean farmer April Hemmes paid double for nitrogen this year. Consumers shouldn’t blame growers for inflation, she said.

"That's farming, buddy!" says April Hemmes, a corn and soybean farmer, in the face of drought in her home state of Iowa.

Ben Hethcoat/Marketplace

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