With fertilizer prices more than doubling since last year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will offer additional support in production for farmers to address the rising costs through a grant program, says Lauren Lurkins, Environmental Policy Director with the Illinois Farm Bureau:
The USDA will use funds from the Commodity Credit Corporation set aside for market disruptions to develop a grant program to provide gap financing and support independent, innovative and sustainable fertilizer production for American farmers.
More details from a USDA article below:
