WAHOO, Neb. — Strong winds whipped around Doug Bartek, a fifth-generation farmer, as he headed into a grain bin to shovel soybeans onto a conveyor chute. The 60-year-old was anxious at the onset of the spring planting season, rattling off the long list of issues affecting his family's livelihood at their 2,000-acre farm near Wahoo, Nebraska.
Doug Bartek talks about high production costs and tough market conditions for the soybeans he grows on his farm near Wahoo, Nebraska. "I just kind of feel like the farmer's kind of painted in the corner," Bartek said when discussing the state of the industry for soybean production.
Doug Bartek shovels soybeans in a bin on his farm near Wahoo, Nebraska, on April 6. Soybean farmers have faced increasingly tough times in recent years as costs for things such as equipment have have risen over time while the price of soybeans has stayed low.
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Doug Bartek shovels soybeans in a bin on his farm near Wahoo, Nebraska, on April 6. Soybean farmers have faced increasingly tough times in recent years as costs for things such as equipment have have risen over time while the price of soybeans has stayed low.
Doug Bartek talks about high production costs and tough market conditions for the soybeans he grows on his farm near Wahoo, Nebraska. "I just kind of feel like the farmer's kind of painted in the corner," Bartek said when discussing the state of the industry for soybean production.
