Sacrifice crops or cash? Farmers are left with no good options as fertilizer prices soar during the Iran war Godwin Oluponmile <



Many American farmers are headed into the spring planting season in crisis, and that crisis is impacting consumers, too. ?


A new American Farm Bureau Federation survey (1) of 5,700 farmers — conducted April 3 to 11 — found 70% of farmers cannot afford all the fertilizer they need this season, and nearly 60% say their finances have deteriorated due to rising fertilizer and fuel costs. Fertilizer prices are skyrocketing as the Iran war chokes the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway between Iran and Oman through which a fifth of the world's oil and a significant share of agricultural inputs normally flow. <


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