No-till farmers throughout seven agricultural regions in the U.S. anticipate that their operating expenses for the current growing season will increase slightly more than 3% compared with the 2010 growing season. These growers say their biggest rise in prices for 2011 will come in fuel, rent and fertilizer. Operating expenses they expect to decline by the largest percentage include interest on loans, lime/soil conditioners and farm machinery.

These results are based on a 66-question survey…