fertilizers

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland calling for the Department of Justice to investigate the fertilizer industry. American farmers are raising concerns about possible anti-competitive activity and market manipulation. Gr ...

According to Ag Economic Insights 2021 has been one of the best years in quite some time. However, that doesn’t mean there were no ups and downs or new and different challenges and opportunities. AEI said while the growing season turned out well for many, it sets the stage for much higher prices for everything from farm inputs to equipment to land rents and values. On ...

A dramatic rise in fertilizer prices weighs heavily on farmers and input suppliers as they prepare for the 2022. Prices for nitrogen-based fertilizers have skyrocketed to all-time highs in recent months. Fertilizer price increases are driven by nitrogen production challenges, tight global supplies, rising natural gas costs and steady demand ...

The U.S. Department of Commerce this week made a preliminary determination in favor of a complaint filed by CF Industries. The complaint alleges that urea ammonium nitrate imports from Russia and Trinidad and Tobago are unfairly subsidized by their governments ...

If you're planning on buying a real Christmas tree this year, you should probably plan to pay a little more for that tree.  Tim O'Connor helps run the National Christmas Tree Association.  He said prices are going to be higher for a variety of reasons: 1.) because ...

Regardless of what you grow or where you grow it, one of the most popular topics of conversation in the farming community is the soaring price of fertilizers. "It's been a perfect storm of high input costs, high transportation costs, shutdowns ...

For many growers, these are good times, with high commodity prices. Scott Gerlt, economist with the American Soybean Association, says fertilizer prices tend to move up when commodity prices go up; which is what the American farmer is seeing right now ...

When the coronavirus pandemic started to pick up in intensity last year, many experts predicted a disastrous cut in trade in U.S. Ag products. However, according to USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer, that didn't happen. "Hasn't been that way ...

The U.S. International Trade Commission says phosphate fertilizer imports from Morocco and Russia have affected the U.S. fertilizer market. The ITC also said it will place a countervailing duty on the imports from those countries. U.S. commodity groups have warned that new duties on imported phosphate fertilizers would raise prices by more than $80 a ton ...

A New Study shows that widely available precision agriculture technology improves environmental stewardship while providing a solid economic return for farmers. “We’re living in a new age of technology, and the equipment can have an enormous positive impact on farmers and the environment,” says Curt Blades, Senior Vice President of Agriculture at the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. The St