Farm Bureau: Survey shows 70% of U.S. farmers can’t afford fertilizer this year

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UNDATED (KELO.com) — 70-percent of the nation’s farmers say they can’t afford to buy all the fertilizer they need for this year’s crop.  That’s according to a nationwide survey conducted by the American Farm Bureau.  Fertilizer and fuel prices have spiked by 30-percent or more since the Iran war began.  South Dakota Farm Bureau President Scott VanderWal says this year’s crop will probably be the most expensive farmers have ever planted.