WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar issued the following news release:

Senator Amy Klobuchar visited with farmers in Cannon Falls to highlight her bipartisan bills (https://www.agriculture.senate.gov/newsroom/dem/press/release/klobuchar-introduces-bipartisan-legislation-to-lower-fertilizer-costs) to lower fertilizer costs in the wake of the war in Iran. Klobuchar met with Minnesota agriculture leaders, including Rob Tate, the board treasurer of the Minnesota Corn Growers Association, Wes Beck, the President of the Minnesota Corn Growers Association, Ryan Mackenthun, the Vice President of the Minnesota Soybean Association, and local farmers.

"At a time when farmers are facing a 'perfect storm of ugly' with rising fertilizer costs and...