War with Iran disrupts fertilizer exports as U.S. farmers prepare for planting season

Gulf states are major fertilizer producers, and the war with Iran has triggered a 25% price hike just as struggling U.S. farmers are planting corn.

War with Iran disrupts fertilizer exports as U.S. farmers prepare for planting season
Matt Ubel, standing on his farm near Wheaton, Kansas, motions to the fertilizer spreader he

Gulf states are major fertilizer producers, and the war with Iran has triggered a 25% price hike just as struggling U.S. farmers are planting corn.

(Image credit: Frank Morris)

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