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Corn farmers have been struggling with stubbornly high input prices for multiple years. The Middle East conflict with Iran has made the situation worse, particularly for fertilizer and diesel costs, but escalating costs for fertilizer occurred prior the start of the conflict, and corn farmers faced significant cost increases for fertilizer in 2021 and 2022.  

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Reading Time: 2 minutesA divided Legislature reached an agreement on a supplemental budget bill and other provisions before adjourning on May 18.

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe bipartisan bill allows for permanent year-round sales of E15 while making reasonable reforms to the small refinery exemption program.

Reading Time: 2 minutesMCGA is grateful to House Agriculture Committee Chairman GT Thompson and members of the committee for their work to advance the Farm Bill.

Reading Time: 2 minutesMCGA has a history of advocating solutions to address record fertilizer costs, but the Middle East conflict has accelerated efforts.

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Groundwater Protection Rule provides a strong, targeted framework for limiting nitrate-nitrogen impacts from commercial fertilizer to groundwater, MCGA says.

Reading Time: 2 minutesMCGA farmer-leaders met with over 25 elected officials from both political parties during the annual advocacy day last week in St. Paul.