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by nradov 453 days ago
The USA imports a significant fraction of fertilizer (including from China and Russia). But longer term we're in pretty good shape as long as we can get past these ridiculous trade disputes with Canada and Mexico. In particular a lot of fertilizer uses natural gas as a key input, and we're fortunate to have a lot of that.

https://farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2025/02/tariff-threats-and...