Fertilizer prices bring more pain for American farmers
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A nationwide coalition of 62 state grower groups and eight national agriculture advocacy organizations have asked the U.S. Department of Commerce to lift the countervailing duties on imports of phosphate fertilizers.
Brazilian soybean farms have lower total production costs than Midwest farms but higher direct costs, and rising fertilizer prices narrow the cost gap.
American farmers welcome China’s promise to buy their soybean but this deal doesn’t solve everything
American farmers welcomed China’s promise to buy some of their soybeans, but they cautioned this won’t solve all their problems as they continue to deal with soaring prices for fertilizer, tractors, repair parts and seeds. The Chinese promise to buy at ...
As war pinches shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and drives up the cost of urea, growers are pivoting to soybeans — a crop that’s not hungry for the widely used nitrogen fertilizer. Unlike other crops, soybeans can fix nitrogen themselves, so no ...
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The Iran war is causing a spike in fertilizer and fuel prices; timing 'couldn't be worse' as spring planting nears and the ag slump continues.