fertilizer prices

This week, Dan PeHan explains how Monty's Plant Food can help growers dealing with less fertilizer or no fertilizer this season. If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekmedia.com

Later this summer, USDA will release details on application of it's new program designed to foster independent, domestic, sustainable fertilizer production though support from grants. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced the program, noting the grant program will also support innovations in fertilizer production and will be farmer focused ...

Lawmakers are raising their concern to President Joe Biden regarding record increases in fertilizer prices. Senator Bill Hagerty, a Tennessee Republican joined by 18 senate colleagues, penned a letter to President Biden urging the administration to “immediately take all necessary steps to curtail the rising costs impacting American farmers and consumers.” ...

The war in Ukraine has fueled a debate over not just high gas prices but high fertilizer prices. During last week’s Commodity Classic, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told Commodity Classic, soaring fertilizer prices are due to the war in Ukraine, heavy reliance on imports, high global demand, and high energy prices. ...

The USDA announced it will support developing additional fertilizer production in the U.S. to address rising costs and spur competition. The agency will make $250 million available this summer through a new grant program to support independent, innovative, and sustainable American fertilizer production to help supply American farmers ...

Russia’s ministry on trade and industry is recommending the country’s fertilizer producers temporarily halt exports. Reuters said it’s a sign that sanctions imposed after Russia invaded Ukraine might impact other countries. Many major i ...

Nutrien, the world’s largest fertilizer producer, says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could result in prolonged disruptions of fertilizer supplies. According to Reuters, Interim Chief Executive Ken Seitz said Nutrien will boost potash production if it sees sustained supply problems in Russia and Belarus, the world's second-and third-largest potash producing countries after Canada. The comme ... Re

While farmers by nature are optimistic about the future, Rick Naerebout CEO of the Idaho Dairymen’s Association has several concerns. Like many other Ag industries across the state, Naerebout says dairy producers growing very concerned about the lack of snowpack, which currently sits between 75%-80% of average. He ...

Russia is reportedly the world's second largest producer and exporter of fertilizer. An input for which U.S. farmers are already paying much more than a year ago. Now, with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, what will that do to fertilizer prices and supplies ...

According to new data from USDA’s Economic Research Service, Organic dairy farm production growth is slower than conventional operations. Productivity is measured as total factor productivity, the ratio of the total amount of goods produced relative to all the inputs—such as labor, fertilizer, and other costs—used to produce those goods. USDA researcher ...