Minnesota company is tackling nitrogen pollution with ag science in volatile fertilizer market

By: Peyton Haug

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: August 28, 2026

Words: 867

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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When the U.S. started bombing Iran in February and trade routes bottlenecked, Minnesota farmer Les Anderson watched synthetic nitrogen fertilizer prices skyrocket.

Making the product requires natural gas, a fuel source shipped through the currently blockaded Strait of Hormuz and further threatened by Iranian counterattacks on a major Qatari liquefied natural gas facility.

So when planting season arrived in the spring, the cost of the fertilizer had risen sharply from …

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