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The war in Iran has sparked a global fertilizer shortage and is threatening food security. What are farmers around the world doing to save their crops? Nearly half of the world's traded urea, the most ...

Higher fertilizer prices from the war in Iran will hurt some U.S. farmers more than others, depending on where they are located and if they bought supplies ahead of the recent cost increase, analysts ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said a large swath of the country’s farmers will be unaffected this planting season, despite the rising fertilizer costs stemming from the Iran war. “The good news ...

Fertilizers are the backbone of India’s agriculture economy. As of April 2026, the fertilizer landscape in India is evolving rapidly with a focus on balanced nutrition, sustainable Nano technologies, ...

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CHICAGO, April 17 (Reuters) - U.S. fertilizer buyers are redirecting shipments out of the country, as higher overseas prices give them an incentive to divert critical supplies, a fertilizer analyst ...

About a third of the world’s fertilizer supply passes through the Strait of Hormuz, and its effective closure is causing shortages and price spikes for fertilizer during the crucial spring planting ...

Fertilizer prices were dropping sharply Friday after Iran said the Strait of Hormuz was open, bringing relief to farmers even as they still face delays in deliveries. Prices for urea, the most ...

Oil and natural gas are used for transportation, a key component of the price of the food you buy. Natural gas is used to produce fertilizer, a key input into food costs, and one that can dramatically ...

On Friday, Iran announced that the Strait of Hormuz is now open — at least while the cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon remains in place. But for American farmers who can’t afford the fertilizer ...

The world is in crisis right now, but the summer is shaping up to be much worse—for reasons beyond every country’s control, including America’s. And then, in a couple of months, we’ll likely have El ...