'Shock to the system': Iran war drives up fuel and fertilizer prices

Today, far worse news on prices than expected Wholesale prices rose sharply in February, including food prices. That comes as Americans have been grappling, of course, with surging gas prices up 86 cents a gallon since the Iran war began. Add to that for farmers major disruptions in the fertilizer supply chain because of the choked-off straight of Hormuz.And here's why that matters to every single shopper. Fertilizer key to corn, biggest user of fertilizer and corn forms the foundation of the U .S. food sup ...