Farmers Sound the Alarm: Fuel, Fertilizer, and a War Driving Prices Higher

The war in Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz are now driving up costs far beyond the Middle East, and American farms are already feeling it. At a family-run farm in Arizona, the pressure is building. Crops are being harvested, but the cost of growing them is climbing fast. Two critical inputs, diesel fuel and nitrogen fertilizer, are becoming more expensive, driving up the cost of simply running a farm. Farmers say these increases are becoming unsustainable. One Arizona Farm Bureau leader says it ...