Smaller farms most vulnerable to fertilizer cost and supply disruptions

An ag economist says uncertainty around fertilizer cost and availability is putting the most pressure on small and mid-sized farms. Jayson Beckman, Michael Yanney Chair of the Clayton Yeutter Institute of International Trade and Finance with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln says those producers can’t absorb higher costs as easily. “They make their living off the […]

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