Closure of strait of Hormuz \u2013 a key fertilizer production and transportation route \u2013 has squeezed farmers as prices jump<\/p>\n
Rodney Bushmeyer has been farming as long as he can remember. Bushmeyer\u2019s father was a farmer, as was his grandfather.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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