From the New York Times, it's the headlines.

I'm Tracy Mumford.

Today's Tuesday, April 14th.

Here's what we're covering.

It feels like we're a long, long way away from Iran and the war there.

But here, these farmers are hurting because of that conflict. This harvester behind

me exemplifies the challenges that farmers are facing. My colleague, Damien Cave is in Vietnam,

tracing the global fallout from the war in Iran. Vietnam is the world's second largest exporter

of rice, a staple for hundreds of millions of people.

This thing uses about 100 liters of easel a day. Before the war started, that would cost about

$72. Now it's $160. The pharmacy are freaking out and trying to figure out how to deal with

that much of a cost increase. With the Strait of Hormuz all but closed for the last six weeks, oil and gas prices

have skyrocketed. And Damien says that's made things not just more expensive, but also slower.

Weeks-long shipping delays have become common, since the huge boats that transport rice and

other goods have lowered their speeds to save fuel.

Damien went to one wholesale rice distributor, where in normal times, a huge conveyor belt would

have been going 24-7.

Now, he said, it was stopped, and there were bags just piling up that normally would have

been shipped out to China, the Philippines, even Trader Joe's, and Costco.

Add in the shortages of fertilizer, since a lot of the world's supply comes from the Middle East,

and Damien says the impact on food prices could be long-term.

One rice farmer told him, quote,

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