The recent surge in fuel prices has taken a toll on Iowan farmers as they are forced to significantly increase their expenses not only on fuel itself but on supplies and fertilisers. They are struggling to find new ways to cover their costs or just make do with what they have, searching for fertiliser alternatives and working with used equipment. Despite these efforts, the future is looking bleak. The supply chain crisis caused by disastrous COVID 19 measures is conventionally blamed, but farmers say the problem is much more complicated. Who is to blame for the major farm crisis?