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Five witnesses told the Senate Agriculture Committee that the fertilizer crisis predates the Iran war and won’t end when it does.

The agency reports these lenders are linked to nearly half of delinquent OneRD guaranteed loans as oversight of federal rural lending programs increases.

The Tel Aviv-based specialty minerals group beat prior-year earnings in every segment as higher prices for bromine and potash offset a $2.57B debt load from the January acquisition of Bartek Ingredients — and management now sees 2026 EBITDA clearing $1.5B at the low end.

The Lowering Input Costs for American Farmers Act targets a 2021 CVD order that has progressively collapsed in federal courts.

A sulphur cargo under quarterly contract made it through after a lengthy delay, but eight other phosphate-linked vessels remain stranded — and Kuwait has raised its May sulfur price by $195/t to $765/t FOB as scarcity bites.

The AFBF’s survey of 5,700 producers during peak planting finds affordability worst in the South, where only 19% pre-booked fertilizer — and farm bankruptcies have now risen for three consecutive years.

India is shifting to collective procurement for phosphate and potash fertilizers amid Strait of Hormuz supply disruptions, with IPL’s first joint DAP tender drawing 2.3 million tonnes of offers — nearly double the volume sought.

With urea up 50% and ammonia up 30% since the Iran conflict began, the administration is deploying Jones Act waivers, Venezuela sanctions relief, and $1.5bn in DOE financing for new plants — while antitrust probes target fertilizer market concentration.

The first industrial-scale green fertilizer facility globally to reach FID without government subsidies, Villeta will produce 260,000 tpy of low-carbon CAN-27 fertilizer using Paraguayan hydropower — with all output committed to Yara under a decade-long deal.

Record potash volumes and higher benchmark prices lifted Nutrien’s Q1 EBITDA by more than 30% year-over-year, but a narrow EPS miss sent the stock down 7% despite the company reaffirming its full-year guidance.

Federal financing and expedited permitting highlight efforts to rebuild domestic nitrogen fertilizer capacity and decrease reliance on imports.

Chapter 12 filings rose 46% in 2025 — the third straight year of increases — as elevated fertilizer, fuel, and input costs weigh on family farm finances ahead of an unusually difficult 2026 growing season.

The importer has requested suppliers to match counterbid levels of $930-935 per ton cfr after receiving over 2.3 million tons in diammonium phosphate offers.

Mosaic reported a first-quarter net loss, driven by significant charges from idled Brazilian operations. Rising sulfur and ammonia costs also led the company to withdraw its 2026 phosphate production guidance.

The Saint-Nazaire site upgrade aims to increase high-protein animal feed production, reduce emissions, and strengthen domestic supply chains in France’s expanding sunflower sector.