Farmers are watching closely from the sidelines as a trade dispute between domestic and foreign producers of urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) continues to play out, with fertilizer price increases due to antidumping tariffs hanging in the balance. In June, American fertilizer company CF Industries alleged subsidized imports from Russia, Trinidad and Tobago are distorting the UAN market, prompting the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to open anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations. “For too long, UAN producers in the United States, who are among the most efficient in the world, have competed on an uneven playing field due ...