American farmers dealt new blow as Trump's Iran war escalates

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Source: msn



Jesus Mesa • 4h •

As the U.S.–Israeli bombardment of Iran continues with no end in sight, the economic shockwaves are already hitting American farmers, with some struggling to buy fertilizer and gasoline prices rising.

The war zone sits at the crossroads of the world’s fertilizer supply. Since the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran a week ago, maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has ground to a near standstill. The waterway moves roughly 20 percent of the world’s daily oil and a quarter of its nitrogen fertilizer.


Chet Edinger, a corn and soybean farmer from Mitchell, South Dakota, saw it coming. As soon as the news broke, he rushed to lock in one last load of urea, the most widely used nitrogen fertilizer, the morning the strikes began. He paid 22 percent more than he had late last year, the highest price he had ever seen.

Days later, the market froze entirely.

“You can’t even buy it right now if you wanted to,” he told Newsweek. “Because all the supplies are tied up with their existing customers.”

The Fertilizer Cliff
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NOW, because of Trumps Iran war--there is Another reason for grocery prices to rise!!



Urea barge prices at the Port of New Orleans jumped from $475 per ton the week before the strikes to $683 by March 6. Iran controls 10 to 12 % of global urea exports. Qatar accounts for 11% of global supply, shut down liquefied natural gas production

Urea barge prices at the Port of New Orleans jumped from 5 per ton the week before the strikes to 3 by March 6. Iran controls 10 to 12 % of global urea exports. Qatar accounts for 11% of global supply, shut down liquefied natural gas production

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