Fertilizer prices have more than doubled over the past year, frustrating U.S. farmers, who now are adjusting spring planting plans and warning about the potential for higher food prices. (Wall Street Journal)  

However awkward the marriage of public nutrition and farm support programs in the farm bill, it has given urban and rural lawmakers a reason to vote for the same legislation. The traditional U.S. farm program might not survive if the long-time coalition of farm groups, anti-hunger activists, and conservation and environmental organizations splinters in 2023. (Successful Farming)

Food is on the road from Central Illinois to help tornado victims in the Bluegrass State. The first truck left from the Midwest Food Bank’s Peoria location Wednesday morning for a 24-hour round-trip journey to Bowling Green, Kentucky. It will be dropped off at a Salvation Army distribution center. (25 News)

November was a hot month in the U.S. ammonia market as distributors struggled to find enough truck drivers to deliver what traders called another record year for ammonia applications. Meanwhile, urea trading was extremely volatile, varying by as much as $65/t week-to-week as pressure from the international market struggled to support values in a mostly quiet domestic market. (DTN)

A new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows the percentage of farms that are small and family owned is staying steady, but they produce less and are more financially risky. (NPR Illinois)

A World Trade Organization panel ruled in favour of Brazil, Australia and Guatemala on Tuesday in their trade disputes with India over sugar subsidies and asked New Delhi to conform with global rules. (NDTV)