Source: SPECTRUM LOCAL NEWS, 2/3/22

 Supply chain issues and a national shortage are contributing to the rising cost of fertilizer for farmers. Michael McPherson owns McPherson Farms in Mebane. He uses a combination of dry and wet fertilizer before he lays down seed for his soy, corn, wheat and hay crops. McPherson says he is paying double to triple the cost of what he paid for fertilizer last year. He says it's not that there's not enough fertilizer, rather a slow movement to get it.

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