The incentive money had been included in the Office of Management and Budget bill. Patten is the co-chair of the Clean Sustainable Energy Authority along with Rep. “It costs a lot to get it shipped in, creates a lot of costs for our ag producers,” he said. Dale Patten, R-Watford City, called North Dakota “the end of the trail” for fertilizer shipments.
The Mississippi River is a major supply route for fertilizer and North Dakota’s distance from that route puts it at a disadvantage compared to other Midwest states. One of the major fertilizer suppliers is Russia, and its invasion of Ukraine has contributed to wide swings in the price of fertilizer in recent years.
