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‘It’s not sustainable’: US farmers reeling as Iran war pushes fertilizer costs up

Farmer spraying corn plants with chemicals in Kasbeer, Illinois
A farmer sprays corn plants in Kasbeer, Illinois. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Rodney Bushmeyer has been farming as long as he can remember. Bushmeyer’s father was a farmer, as was his grandfather.

The family-run Bushmeyer Farms in Illinois dates back more than 100 years, when his ancestors came to the US from Germany. They acquired the first 80 acres cost-free as homesteaders, cleared the land, and worked it.

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