An eastern Iowa farmer who’s a past president of the Iowa Corn Growers Association says the price spike in fertilizer is out of control. Lance Lillibridge raises cattle, corn, soybeans and alfalga in Benton County, near Vinton.
“Jacking up prices of fertilizer 77% on product that’s actually in the states right now and in warehouses because of something that’s happened half a world away, that’s not right,” Lillibridge said. “Somebody needs to get he cuffs slapped on them for that one.” Lillibridge ordered his fertilizer supply before the war in Iran broke out, but about 25 percent of farmers have not. On Friday the U-S Secretary of Agriculture said the White House is looking at every potential avenue to lower fertilizer prices and she’s talking with congress about additional funds for U.S. farmers.
