US Edition'Blindsided': US farmers strained as fertilizer costs surge on war
Farmers say nitrogen prices rose at least 40% after the Strait of Hormuz blockage delayed orders and forced some to cut applications.
- US farmers face surging fertilizer costs and delivery delays following US-Israeli strikes on Iran, which triggered Tehran's blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway for such shipments.
- While 80 percent of American farmers had purchased fertilizer before the conflict, Russell Hedrick, a North Carolina farmer, said: "This year, we just kind of got blindsided."
- North Carolina farmer Andy Corriher, 47, reduced fertilizer usage by a third as urea costs jumped around 50 percent at the port of New Orleans.
- On Saturday, President Donald Trump blamed "price gouging from the fertilizer monopoly," while Marshville-based farmer Derrick Austin called the supply crisis a "gut shot."
- Iowa State University professor Chad Hart said the US agriculture economy has "been in a recession for the last couple of years," with 2027 crops a potential concern if fighting persists.
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'Blindsided': US farmers strained as fertilizer costs surge on war
On Andy Corriher's farm in North Carolina, planting and preparations are underway for his corn and soybean crops -- but fertilizer costs have surged on war in the Middle East, and orders he placed weeks ago have yet to arrive.
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