WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following news release:
Q: How are you working to address uncertainty in the farm economy?
A: With planting season around the corner, I'm hearing a message loud and clear from Iowa farmers. High input costs are hammering their bottom lines. Rising diesel prices add fuel to a fire already burning brightly in the farm economy that's impacting the entire food supply chain. From my seat on the Senate Agriculture Committee, I'm leading a bipartisan call to boost consumption of American farm products and lower input costs. That includes ramping up domestic biofuel markets and ending the Biden-era tariffs on phosphorous, anhydrous ammonia and potash that are driving up fertilizer costs for f...