Supply chain shortages have affected every aspect of agriculture. Steel shortages, labor issues and transportation challenges were in place before the pandemic began. Those problems only intensified this past year. The timeline between ordering a new tractor and when it showed up on the farm was painfully long. Product shortages were a reality for crop producers with glyphosate and glufosinate being the two primary examples. Wilbur Ellis District Sales Manager Chris Wharam believes the Roundup situation will improve this year. “A major contributor to the glyphosate tightness in 2022 was the hurricane combined with China not producing as much as material as they tried to clean up the environment ahead of their Olympics,” Wharam told RRFN. “I think it will be quite a bit better in 2023.” Wharam anticipates the availability of glufosinate to be better than this past year, but supplies will still be tight.
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