WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following news release:
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to introduce the Fertilizer Transparency Act of 2026, bipartisan legislation that would provide American producers with timely and accurate information on prices for fertilizer and fertilizer products in response to longstanding concerns over rising input costs. Grassley is a lifelong family farmer and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee.
The bill would require the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to collect and publish data on fertilizer prices from manufacturers on a weekly basis. Currently, USDA conducts an annual voluntary survey on the prices that producers pay for inputs.
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