BISMARCK: Tennessee farmer Todd Littleton expects to pay $100,000 more for fertilizer this season, a 40 percent spike from his bill last year thanks to the war in Iran — and he is scrambling to cover that extra cost. “The problem is, is we’re so strained financially coming into this issue,” said Littleton, a third-generation farmer from Gibson County in the state’s northwest corner.

BISMARCK: Tennessee farmer Todd Littleton expects to pay $100,000 more for fertilizer this season, a 40 percent spike from his bill last year thanks to the war in Iran — and he is…

A critical fertiliser shortage threatens global food security amid Iran war.

"The problem is, is we’re so strained financially coming into this issue," Todd Littleton said about the 40% price spike.