USUS NewsAmid Soaring Fertilizer, Fuel Prices, Fears of Rising Prices and ShortagesFertilizer and pesticide prices, availability problems send farmers scrambling for creative solutions to put food on our platesCopyFacebookXTruthGettrLinkedInTelegramEmailSaveCorn planting on a farm near Dwight, Ill., on April 23, 2020. Scott Olson/Getty ImagesBy Petr Svab3/29/2022Updated: 3/30/2022PrintNews AnalysisMany U.S. farmers have been struggling to get their fertilizer and herbicide supplies ready to sow their fields.