Iran War Impacts Texas Farms, Threatens Meat Prices

0:00The war in Iran is hitting Texas farms, hard by jacking up fertilizer prices. Conflict in the Shreight of Hormuz has blocked shipments of key nitrogen and phosphate from the Middle East since late February, adding major. Uncertainty to planting and harvest seasons. Farmers like 6th generation Mark Prince are feeling at first hand on his family land, where they grow corn, cotton, wheat, and hay. Corn's off to a solid start this year, but drought in a hard freeze wrecked their wheat crop, scrapping harvest plans. Prince calls farming a full lifestyle, not just a job, and says weather's bad enough without global fights messing with costs. Now his fields need another round of pricey fertilizer, and decisions from leaders far away are shaking things up. Experts like Welch warned that higher corn production costs could push me prices up for everyone since his main fee for livestock. But it's early days, and no one knows the full hit yet. Farmers are hoping crop prices rally enough to cover the spike, but they're at the mercy of stock markets and trade flows.

1:01Classic ag gamble with even, higher stakes now. That wraps El Paso news today, brought to you with AI.