Items Tagged with 'CF Industries'

The cost and availability of fertilizer will be scrutinized at a Senate Ag Committee hearing on Tuesday. It’s the latest attempt by Washington officials to get a stronger grasp on what’s behind higher prices for crop nutrients and how to make the U.S. less reliant on foreign fertilizer markets. 

A class-action lawsuit alleges that major U.S. manufacturers of fertilizer have conspired since 2021 to raise fertilizer prices and keep them high.

Early signs of American farmers balking at higher fertilizer prices emerged this week as top producers of crop nutrients reported quarterly results.

A former power plant in Indiana is going to get new life as a manufacturer of “green fertilizer” that is designed to lower the carbon footprint of feeding crops.

The majority of Dustin Edwards’ annual fertilizer use consists of anhydrous ammonia. Edwards, who farms 5,500 acres in eastern Kansas, believes the $640 per ton it costs now is about double what the market should be.

Deere and Co. is lowering its forecast for earnings as farmers slow down their equipment purchases amid a slump in commodity prices this year.

Tight global commodity supplies are helping drive a strong market for farm inputs, two major suppliers said in reporting their earnings Thursday.