Iran war has US farmers worried about the cost and availability of fertilizer

BISMARCK, N.D. – Tennessee farmer Todd Littleton expects to pay $100,000 more for fertilizer this season, a 40% 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. “We have had a couple of record losses the last couple years, so everyone’s kinda grabbing at straws anyway, and then to have input prices increase yet again, it just really couldn’t happen at a…