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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
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  • Subject: [Livingontheland] Lofty Prices for Fertilizer Put Farmers in a Squeeze
  • Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:25:03 -0600

Lofty Prices for Fertilizer Put Farmers in a Squeeze
By Lauren Etter
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121184502828121269.html

At a time when food prices are soaring world-wide, so is the price of
fertilizer, producing huge profits for leading fertilizer makers and stirring
anger among farmers in the U.S. and India.

Fertilizer prices are rising faster than those of almost any other raw
material used by farmers. In April, farmers paid 65% more for fertilizer than
they did a year earlier, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
That compares with price increases of 43% for fuel, 30% for seeds and 3.8%
for chemicals such as weedkillers and insecticides over the same period, ...





  • [Livingontheland] Lofty Prices for Fertilizer Put Farmers in a Squeeze, Tradingpost, 06/10/2008

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