{"id":51,"date":"2026-05-20T13:08:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/?p=51"},"modified":"2026-05-20T13:08:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:08:48","slug":"farmers-are-collateral-damage-in-trumps-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/?p=51","title":{"rendered":"Farmers Are Collateral Damage in Trump\u2019s Iran War"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<div><!-- Tag ID: motherjones_right_rail_1 -->\n<\/div> <\/div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bill Collins (above) prepares to spread fertilizer across his sod crop at Fairweather Growers. The farm has been in Collins' family for four generations spanning more than 100 years. The Farm in Rocky Hill, Ct., grows a variety of crops on 400 acres of farmland where Bill says about 1,500-2,000 gallons of fuel per week is required to run the farm's machinery. Because of price increases in fuel and fertilizer due to the war in Iran, Collins says they've already decided to cut production this year by 20% in order to try and maintain an already slim profit margin.\" class=\"wp-image-50\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b7e29e761cbd6246a31a11ab0dcde363-1024x576.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b7e29e761cbd6246a31a11ab0dcde363-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b7e29e761cbd6246a31a11ab0dcde363-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b7e29e761cbd6246a31a11ab0dcde363-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b7e29e761cbd6246a31a11ab0dcde363-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b7e29e761cbd6246a31a11ab0dcde363.webp 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>It\u2019s planting season,<\/span> and 70 percent of American farmers can\u2019t afford enough fertilizer to plant all their crops. About a third of the planet\u2019s nitrogen fertilizer, the most widely used in global agriculture, must pass through the Strait of Hormuz. Thanks to Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s war on Iran, that waterway is essentially still closed to most ships.\u00a0<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/?p=48\">Trump Knocks Off Thomas Massie in Heated Primary<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been described as a \u201cslow-moving food crisis\u201d: when farmers can\u2019t buy fertilizer, they don\u2019t plant as much, and months on, that shows up in scarcer, pricier food. United Nations estimates that 45 million people worldwide could go hungry thanks to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Though the situation is not quite as dire in the US, American farmers are feeling the squeeze, too: fertilizer prices are changing by the minute, soybean farmers are still facing export tariffs, and diesel costs are up, too.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In an Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee hearing Tuesday, Arkansas Republican Sen. John Boozman proclaimed that \u201cfood security is national security.\u201d But the hearing offered few governmental solutions to the fertilizer shortage\u2014particularly not ending the war.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trent Kubik, president of the South Dakota Corn Grower\u2019s Association, told the committee he\u2019s had a hard season on his farm. \u201cWe expected our costs were going to be higher than normal, as we\u2019d be purchasing [fertilizer] closer to peak demand season,\u201d he said, but with the war on Iran, they\u2019re \u201cnearly doubling.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s not the only one. In the first quarter of 2026, 86 American farms have already filed for Chapter 12 bankruptcy. And while farmers suffer under the Hormuz blockade, fertilizer producers\u2019 revenues continue to increase.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fertilizer industry is one of the most heavily consolidated industries,\u201d Omanjana Goswami of the Union of Concerned Scientists, who studies agricultural policy, told <em>Mother Jones.<\/em> \u201cAt the same time that these companies are making billions of dollars in profits over the years, farmers have seen profit margins go down drastically because of the higher cost of fertilizer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Four major manufacturers control nearly the entire US fertilizer market\u2014and they\u2019ve increased nitrogen fertilizer prices 28 percent since the war on Iran began in February, according to recent University of Illinois data.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, farmers are scrambling, planting less food, and switching to less fertilizer-thirsty crops. \u201cAbout 4 million acres of corn [in the US] have been switched over to soybean, just to make up for the fact that fertilizer availability was much less this spring,\u201d Goswami said.\u00a0<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/?p=45\">Legislators Denounce \u201cAppalling and Horrific Treatment\u201d of Mothers in Immigrant Detention<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the thing that we feel the worst about,\u201d Kubik, the corn farmer, said. \u201cDuring the last 75 days, a lot of money was being made\u2013but it wasn\u2019t by farmers.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFarmers get thrown head first into a crisis every time global supply chains are hit,\u201d Goswami said. That reoccurring crisis\u2014which also happened when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, and during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020\u2014is the product of an unsustainable agricultural model that requires massive amounts of fertilizer to be shipped from overseas. Some experts suggest that even if the war on Iran ends tomorrow, high fertilizer prices will persist through at least 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The Iran war fertilizer shock, Goswami added, will likely impact wheat in particular.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Combined with some bad weather earlier this spring and an unrelenting drought in the plains states, the war is making this the worst year for wheat yields in decades. Most wheat grown in the US (unlike, say, corn or soy) is destined for consumption by humans, which means there\u2019s a good chance we\u2019ll see that price shock in the bread aisle later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, beyond some efforts at mandating greater price transparency from fertilizer manufacturers, farmers haven\u2019t been offered any real relief.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), at Tuesday\u2019s hearing, was indignant. \u201cBetween the war in Iran, spiking fuel and fertilizer prices, and illegal trade wars, increasing the cost of equipment, and limiting market access, it\u2019s no wonder that farmers in Georgia I talked to say that they can\u2019t take much more,\u201d he said at this week\u2019s hearing. \u201cFertilizer prices are increasing. Diesel costs have increased by over $2 a gallon compared to this time last year and there\u2019s no end in sight. At this point, the best-case scenario for farmers is the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/?p=42\">A Hallowed Monument to US History May Be Assailed by Data Centers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was open, he pointed out, before the war started.<\/p>\n<\/article>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inside America\u2019s fertilizer crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Farmers Are Collateral Damage in Trump\u2019s Iran War - Moving and Mortgage Hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/?p=51\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Farmers Are Collateral Damage in Trump\u2019s Iran War - 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