Farmers from Iowa to India depend on fossil fuel-based fertilizers. Much of their supply is stuck in the Persian Gulf.

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – It is the middle of planting season for Michigan farmers, and farmer Jeff Sandborn says the closing of major international trade routes is driving up prices of fertilizer ...

Mosaic and CF Industries ranked as two of the top three gainers on the S&P 500 as the Middle East war continues to disrupt fertilizer shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.

Oil prices have been the key focus for markets during the Iran war, but curtailed flows of fertilizer products threaten to ...

The rising price of fertilizers and fuel have some farmers predicting tight margins in 2026.

Concerns are growing across the agricultural sector as tensions in Iran and the Middle East are driving fertilizer and fuel prices higher and creating supply challenges, just as farmers are preparing ...

The Iran conflict is disrupting fertilizer shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, raising supply concerns and potentially increasing global food inflation.

The Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly one-third of global fertilizer trade passes, sits at the center of the crisis. And with the Northern Hemisphere spring planting window opening now, analysts ...

Results of the third annual Illinois Ag Retail Survey found conservation practices are gradually increasing across the Prairie State.

Agricultural commodity futures market volatility increased over the past week as geopolitical tensions flared in the Middle East. The WASDE report didn't give markets much to work with, but knock-on ...

Wheat for May delivery fell 1.7% to $5.93 a bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade Tuesday, with major buyers of wheat exports being impacted by the fallout of the war in Iran. --Corn for May delivery ...

As U.S. forces press deeper into Iran with no end in sight, the economic shockwaves are already hitting American farmers.