Crop Comments: Finger Lakes grower requests fertilizer recommendation
Country Folks, Crop Comments
June 24, 2026
Crop Comments

Crop Comments: Finger Lakes grower requests fertilizer recommendation

About a month after the Strait of Hormuz blockade began, a farmer named Ken called me, asking me to formulate fertilizers for his small cropping operation in southern Onondaga County.

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