President Biden Calls For More Domestic Food Production To Ease Costs
Newsy
The president announced new policies intended to help U.S. farmers, including funding for domestic fertilizer production.
President Joe Biden vowed to help American farmers try to ease food prices as he visited a family farm Wednesday and unrolled policies meant to increase harvests in ways that the administration believes could reduce grocery bills.
“I stand here today to thank American farmers who are the breadbasket of democracy,” President Biden said. “We can make sure that American agricultural exports will make up for the gap in Ukrainian supplies.”
His administration announced three policy shifts to help U.S. farmers amid the global challenges. These include doubling funding for domestic fertilizer production to $500 million, greater access to farm management tools for plant and soil needs, and efforts to increase the number of counties eligible for “double cropping” insurance so that farmers can reuse their land for planting in the same year.
