Amid Soaring Fertilizer, Fuel Prices, Fears of Rising Prices and Shortages

Fertilizer and pesticide prices, availability problems send farmers scrambling for creative solutions to put food on our plates

Corn planting on a farm near Dwight, Ill., on April 23, 2020. Scott Olson/Getty Images

News Analysis

Many U.S. farmers have been struggling to get their fertilizer and herbicide supplies ready to sow their fields.