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Local media and ag trade publications: Surging diesel and fertilizer costs from the Iran war are having direct impacts on US farmers

Media Matters for America · Media Matters for America · last updated

High diesel and fertilizer costs resulting from President Donald Trump’s war with Iran are forcing farmers, who operate on “notoriously tight profit margins,” to raise prices and reduce yearly fertilizer purchases as local media outlets and agriculture trade publications sound the alarm. And these high input costs, along with higher transportation costs from rising gas prices, contributing directly to higher grocery bills for Americans.

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