Items Tagged with 'Fertilizer'

With spring fast approaching and U.S. crop acreages up, U.S. buyers will likely bear the brunt of the costs of any new tariffs on fertilizers, at least in the short run, analysts tell Agri-Pulse. 

Companies serving the U.S. agriculture sector are bracing for trade frictions in early 2025 by frontloading imports and diverting shipments to ease the impacts of a possible port strike and tariff hikes.

In this opinion piece, Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., argues that farmers in the Southeast urgently need disaster aid to recover from hurricane damage, especially with the farm bill stalled in Congress.

In this opinion piece, Britt Groosman, vice president of agriculture, water, and food for the Environmental Defense Fund, says we owe it to farmers, ranchers, and families to get food production ready for a world that’s getting hotter.

In this opinion piece, Rep. Mike Flood, R-Neb., calls on Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to use the COP29 climate conference to push back against efforts by anti-meat activists to reduce global meat consumption.

Hurricane Milton, the fourth hurricane to strike Florida agriculture in 14 months, damaged citrus and other specialty crops as well as dairy operations and phosphate infrastructure.

The majority of Dustin Edwards’ annual fertilizer use consists of anhydrous ammonia. Edwards, who farms 5,500 acres in eastern Kansas, believes the $640 per ton it costs now is about double what the market should be.

Mitchell Hora, a seventh-generation farmer and Founder and CEO of Continuum Ag, shares insights on SAF’s potential impact on rural America, stressing the need for collaboration between policymakers and farmers to drive meaningful action.