2024 Nebraska crop budgets a mixed bag

While field operation costs are projected higher for the 2024 Nebraska crop enterprises, some material input costs are lower than were projected for 2023. One driving force on lower cost projections for 2024 is 20 percent to 40 percent less on fertilizer prices factored in on many budgets, and five pounds less nitrogen fertilizer was entered for a majority of the corn budgets due to continued…