Farmers are leaving their crops in the fields, and it's causing a problem for ethanol producers, reportsKFYR TV.
Plants are being forced to pay a premium to persuade growers to combine.
雪在10月份早期,很多农民are playing the waiting game. Either for the crops to dry or for the price of commodities to go high enough to be worth combining in the snow. But ethanol plants don't have time to wait.
But North Dakota's five ethanol plants are still rolling 24 hours a day, seven days a week. And they're feeling the market's pressure to produce.
两个工厂在北达科他州支付超过50 cents/bushel more to persuade farmers to combine what they have.
