Farmers will likely face higher prices for inputs in 2026, a result of tariffs on international trade, but the impact is not one size fits all. John Appel, Vice President of Category Management with the Farmers Business Network, says some products will see greater price hikes than others.

“Products like S-metolachlor, clethodim, Dicamba, those will be subject to the maximum amount of tariffs. There’s no exemptions or anything like that. And also products like 2,4D is not only subject to significant tariffs in China and India, but also anti-dumping and countervailing duties from the Corteva lawsuit last year. And so this significantly impacts the price of 2,4D and we’ve seen that play out throughout 2025, that the cost of that product has significantly increased in the market.”

Appel encourages growers to be mindful of ways to conserve spending.

“So one is to do their homework, and, you know, shop for different chemical options, build crop plans with generics as an example. Another one would be to preserve cash through low interest financing or no interest financing. And so there’s a number of different ways, number of different strategies that could be deployed here.”