Fertilizer prices have risen during the last year, with several retail price tags going up by more than 100 percent for the product, according to DTN, a Minnesota-based company that provides real-time weather, agricultural, energy, and commodity market information. More than half of America’s large farmers anticipate prices for inputs such as fertilizer and fuel to go up by more than 12 percent in 2022, according to a Purdue University poll. Small farmers are seeing increases too, and Jon Schwalls, executive officer of Southern Valley Fruit and Vegetables, noted input costs went up tremendously in all sectors for their operations. The Georgia-based farm saw fuel prices increase by 48 percent during 2021. Packing materials cost 18 percent more, pallets went up by 75 percent, and refrigerants soared by more than 200 percent in the previous year. Inflation, in and of itself, doesn’t impact small farms differently than larger farms, noted Fiona …