A new survey from the Farm Bureau finds seven in 10 American farmers say they cannot afford all the fertilizer they need to plant this season.
The shortage is a direct consequence of a resource crunch driven by the Iran conflict, with most agricultural resources seeing double-digit price increases.
The financial pain is not hitting every region equally, largely depending on how many farmers locked in their fertilizer prices before the crisis began.
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