The unfavourably cold and rainy spring weather in the North Dakota has delayed corn planting and shortened the window for applying fertiliser and herbicides, leading to a shortage of the products in May, when warm weather led to a rush of orders. The situation is likely to affect fertiliser sales as late deliveries to dealers left them without sufficient products, even causing some farmers to switch from planting corn or wheat to soyabeans, as it requires fewer crop nutrients. Also, fertiliser in the north was in shorter supply as areas in the south received product before them.
The unfavourably cold and rainy spring weather in the US has delayed corn planting and shortened the window for applying fertiliser and herbicides, leading to a shortage of the products in May, when warm weather led to a rush of orders. The situation is likely to affect fertiliser sales as late deliveries to dealers left them without sufficient products, even causing some farmers to switch from planting corn or wheat to soyabeans, as it requires fewer crop nutrients. Also, fertiliser in the north was in shorter supply as areas in the south received product before them.