Trump has become a boil on their asses.
Headline: New York Times, 3/12/2026
Kevin Draper reports:
Even before the war in Iran raised fertilizer and diesel costs, a majority of American farmers said they were “much worse off” or “somewhat worse off” than one year ago, and their biggest concern was the high cost of the essentials needed to plant their crops.
Those findings are based on a January survey by Farm Journal, the agricultural publisher. The war in Iran has added to those pressures. With input prices already high, the attacks have sent prices soaring, as ships carrying materials to make fertilizer are largely unable to transit the Strait of Hormuz and exit the Persian Gulf.
The cost of a gallon of diesel fuel, which powers tractors that plant crops and the trucks that deliver farming supplies and haul away the harvest, is up almost $1 in just the last week. A ton of urea, a key nitrogen-based fertilizer, is now selling for $585 at the port in New Orleans, up from $470 before the war.
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