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minus-squarepluge@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoThe US produces most of its fertilizer locally, and most of the fertilizer it does import comes from Canada. “No crops being planted” is just wrong: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2026/05/11/crop-progress-corn-57-planted-49-28
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoBut it will affect crop yields globally, which means what yields there are, will have to be spread thinner, raising prices. Same with oil prices. Our economy doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Shortages elsewhere still have an impact on us.
minus-squaredaannii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 hours agoI’m hearing spikes in domestic costs for farmers here for one of the fertilizers used a lot. And smaller increases in some of the others. And also we import a lot of food. So everyone affected, affects us. https://www.agweb.com/news/business/strait-hormuz-crisis-why-fertilizer-relief-years-away-u-s-farmers https://www.npr.org/2026/03/26/g-s1-115240/iran-war-strait-hormuz-fertilizer-exports-farmers-planting-season https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/strait-of-hormuz-crisis--fertilizer-scarcity-will-affect-next-harvests-and-food-supplies--fao-warns/en Soy is up but corn is down. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-corn-planting-seen-down-soy-acres-up-iran-war-inflates-costs-analysts-say-2026-03-27/ Which is mostly what livestock feed is made from. Spring wheat plantings expected at lowest since 1970. That’s 56 years ago. Just to put in context. And wheat is a big part of American diets. Also used in animal feed.
The US produces most of its fertilizer locally, and most of the fertilizer it does import comes from Canada.
“No crops being planted” is just wrong: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2026/05/11/crop-progress-corn-57-planted-49-28
But it will affect crop yields globally, which means what yields there are, will have to be spread thinner, raising prices. Same with oil prices. Our economy doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Shortages elsewhere still have an impact on us.
I’m hearing spikes in domestic costs for farmers here for one of the fertilizers used a lot. And smaller increases in some of the others.
And also we import a lot of food. So everyone affected, affects us.
https://www.agweb.com/news/business/strait-hormuz-crisis-why-fertilizer-relief-years-away-u-s-farmers
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/26/g-s1-115240/iran-war-strait-hormuz-fertilizer-exports-farmers-planting-season
https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/strait-of-hormuz-crisis--fertilizer-scarcity-will-affect-next-harvests-and-food-supplies--fao-warns/en
Soy is up but corn is down. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-corn-planting-seen-down-soy-acres-up-iran-war-inflates-costs-analysts-say-2026-03-27/
Which is mostly what livestock feed is made from.
Spring wheat plantings expected at lowest since 1970.
That’s 56 years ago. Just to put in context. And wheat is a big part of American diets. Also used in animal feed.