U.S. REP. KATHY CASTOR LEADS BIPARTISAN LETTER URGING ADMINISTRATION TO PROTECT AMERICAN FARMERS AND FERTILIZER PRODUCERS AGAINST RISING COSTS AND CHINESE WEAPONIZATION

Washington, Aug. 20 -- Rep. Kathy Castor issued the following press release:

U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor (FL-14) and Zachary Nunn (IA-3), members of the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, today led a letter to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer urging immediate action to protect American farmers and domestic fertilizer producers from a deepening, deliberately engineered supply chain crisis.

Global conflicts and market manipulation by the People's Republic of China (PRC) has created a critical vulnerability in America's agricultural supply chain that is hurting American producers, rural communities, and families.

"Hardworking Americ...