Congress is looking into the escalating cost of fertilizer as farmers plan for next year.

U.S. Representative Randy Feenstra, a Republican from Iowa, tells Brownfield anhydrous prices are up 122 percent, potash is 115 percent more expensive, and urea costs 105 percent more than it did a year ago.

“One of the main culprits is the rising cost of natural gas, the catalyst to make nitrogen and phosphate.”

During a House Ag Committee hearing on supply chain issues Wednesday, he says tariffs on certain fertilizer imports was mentioned as another culprit.

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