From AFP News Agency.

US farmers are grappling with soaring fertilizer and fuel costs as supply disruptions linked to tensions in the Strait of Hormuz coincide with the peak of the planting season, forcing many to reduce their usage and risk lower yields. "Seeing those huge increases right here at planting time really did kind of hit a lot of farmers hard, including us," says Russell Hedrick, a farmer in North Carolina.

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