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Global supply chain disruptions and fuel shocks are affecting farmers who rely on diesel fuel and fertilizer as farmers pay more this spring for resources essential to their business.
The war with Iran has led to a slowdown in shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for 20% of the world’s oil and natural gas. Along with increasing the price of fuel, the shipping disruption has largely stopped the export of nitrogen fertilizers manufactured in the Persian Gulf and limited access to key fertilizer ingredients, according to the Associated Press…