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THE COST OF FARMING<br />
company founded in 1955 by<br />
Herman and Veronica Welter.<br />
“And the waiting time to get<br />
more is three or four months<br />
after you place an order.”<br />
The rising cost of paper and<br />
supply chain delays are just<br />
the tip of the iceberg. Rising<br />
fuel costs and truck driver<br />
shortages are among the factors<br />
smaller seed companies<br />
navigate as they balance the<br />
price they pay for their raw<br />
material – seeds – with the<br />
price they charge customers<br />
for their products.<br />
“Seed prices have increased.<br />
Fuel costs have increased,”<br />
Welter noted. “We have to<br />
try to maintain our margin<br />
because a lot of our costs have<br />
gone up.”<br />
Dustin Paulson, Welter’s<br />
sales agronomist, said it’s a<br />
EASTERN IOWA FARMER PHOTO / BROOKE TILL<br />
Welter Seed keeps a year’s supply of bags to hold one of the more than 200 varieties of seed it sells to<br />
farmers. The Onslow company buys such grains as wheat, barley, rye and oats from certified famers in a<br />
five- or six-hour radius throughout the Midwest.<br />
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