cost of fertilizer

photo of a farmer loading seed corn into the hoppers on a trailer connected to a tractor in the middle of a field

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May 7, 2026

Farmers Face a Fertilizer Crisis at Spring Planting Time

Omanjana Goswami
Interdisciplinary Scientist

photo of a green tractor pulling a trailer with spraying arms and a yellow tank of fertilizer through a field of young corn plants, under a partly cloudy sky

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April 13, 2026

The True Cost of Fertilizer Hurts Farmers—and the Rest of Us, Too

Precious Tshabalala
Economist