Agribusiness: Fertigation, chemigation combat soaring ag fuel costs

With the price of fuel recently approaching $3 per gallon in the US, farmers have found their livelihoods threatened by rising input costs cutting into already razor thin profit margins.

In October 2005, farmers suffered the highest real fuel prices on record, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data. With the EIA projecting an average retail fuel price of $2.58 per gallon in 2006, up from an expected average of $2.45 in 2005, farmers at the mercy of spiraling fuel and agricultural costs are regaining financial control with chemigation and irrigation fertigation systems.

For years farmers have recognized the value of fertigation and chemigation to apply fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides and pesticides to their fields through irrigation, and have sought out industry leaders like Agri-Inject, Inc (www.agri-inject.com) to supply them with high quality, dependable systems.

This resulted in increased control of agricultural product application and increased crop yields. Now to minimize agricultural input costs