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America is lucky where agriculture is worried. We have huge tracts of arable land as nicely as great grazing lands. But we’re still dependent on fertilizer and pesticides to present the great yields to which we’ve got turn out to be accustomed, on which we completely rely.

On Sunday, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins appeared on the Fox News program, The Sunday Briefing, to talk about the state of the nation’s food manufacturing and, in specific, fertilizer provides. Host Peter Doocy requested about potential disruptions in fertilizer imports ensuing from the continuing Operation Epic Fury.

Secretary Rollins responded with an optimistic tone.

.@SecRollins on dealing with potential fertilizer disruptions: @POTUS waived the Jones Act, we’re opening a line from Venezuela, we’ve got more coming accessible. Because of @POTUS‘ focus on vitality, we’re truly in a a lot better state of affairs on the pricing of fertilizer than most of… pic.twitter.com/uRpf1EUkXR

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 22, 2026

The post continues:

…we’re truly in a a lot better state of affairs on the pricing of fertilizer than most of the world, but there’s still so a lot to do. We have to reshore our fertilizer back to America, and we’re working on that.

Mr. Doocy: Something that, from right here, seems to be like a big headache for you, at the Agriculture Department. The Strait of Hormuz, partially closed, that means fertilizer is getting more costly, that means it is more costly for farmers right here in the U.S. to plant issues. Does that imply that food costs are undoubtedly going to go up right here?

We may level out that food costs have been trending usually downward since Joe Biden left workplace, and also that the Strait of Hormuz was open while the Biden administration was jacking up food costs. 

Secretary Rollins replies:

No, we do not imagine that’s going to occur. So, two fast issues on that. The first is, what the fertilizer state of affairs in America seems to be like proper now. The good news is, a supermajority, nearly all of our farmers, put their fertilizer orders in last fall. So there should not be an excessive amount of of a disruption or an increase in the fee of planting for at least most of our farmers. Now for the 20 to 25 % that are at the moment shopping for fertilizer for this planting season, there could also be some choices made, proper? Corn requires more nitrogen, more fertilizers than soybeans does (sic). So there could also be some pivoting in phrases of what they’re planting. Obviously the president waived the Jones Act, we’re opening a line from Venezuela, we’ve got more coming online, we’ll be saying that very soon, to get more fertilizer transferring. 

A good quantity of fertilizers are derived from petroleum, and the Trump administration has made “drill, baby, drill” the order of the day. One specific key merchandise that is not talked about right here is potash, which provides potassium to soils which makes plants hardier and yields larger. Onshoring this materials is not so simple, as the United States does not have great provides of potash domestically. But the world’s main provider of potash lies just to our north: Canada.

Secretary Rollins continues:

Because of the president’s focus on vitality, and vitality independence, we’re truly, in America, in a a lot better state of affairs on the pricing of fertilizer than nearly the remainder of the world. So that’s all actually good news that you pivot to. But there’s still so a lot to do. We gotta reshore our fertilizer back into America, we’re going to be working on that, for the long time period. On food costs, this is a momentary battle, the president has said that, there should not be, actually, a food price increase, at least for the long time period. Over the last 12 months we have introduced nearly all food costs down, with a couple of outliers. But dairy’s down, cheese’s down, fruit’s down, greens are down, a lot of the proteins are down, and we count on that pattern to continue, as we continue to invest in rural America, deliver the fee of labor down, deliver the fee of inflation down, work to deliver the fee of inputs down, while opening up these world markets to our farmers, which have been closed under the last administration.

Predictions are arduous to make, particularly about the future. But opening up new markets for American merchandise is always good – and in the long time period, the best factor for American agriculture.

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As far as the Strait of Hormuz is worried, that’s changing into less and less of an issue as more nations be part of the power aiming to keep that waterway open. Of course, the best resolution is this: A new regime in Iran. The Iranian theocracy unfold chaos across the planet, but a new, free Iran – a new Persia – will seemingly have just the alternative impact.

We live in attention-grabbing occasions.

Editor’s Note: Thanks to President Trump’s management and daring insurance policies, America’s economic system is back on observe.

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