Hinson Joins Rollins, Lutnick, Zeldin, Burgum to Discuss Push to Strengthen Domestic Fertilizer Market

Image April 29, 2026 Press Release Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (IA-02) joined U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, and U.S. Secretary of Interior Doug Burgum for a press conference to highlight her relentless legislative efforts to lower input costs, boost domestic production, and increase competition in the fertilizer market for Iowan and American farmers. — Remarks as Delivered — "Good afternoon everyone. I'm so excited to be up here with this dream team of people who are helping to fix these problems surrounding fertilizer. It definitely impacts our Iowa farmers. "There’s nothing I hear more about than input costs right now from our folks back home. It's because decades of offshoring production and consolidation in the ag industry have left our farmers squeezed... "if you're taking one thing, [to] the farmers watching, to the people today who are up here today, is that we hear you and we are here to fix these problems for you. "Iowa farmers also know this isn’t a problem that appeared overnight – these fertilizer prices have increased exponentially, as the senators said, over the last several years, creating not only that uncertainty, but, let's face it, razor-thin profit margins, if profit at all, and we need to reverse that trend. "I’m grateful to the president, Secretary Rollins, this entire team from the cabinet who is here, to show what we're doing to lower those costs for our producers, but there is more to do. "The secretary talked about the short term, but again, there is more to do in the long term, so I am thrilled to have partners to work with across the rotunda to make sure we can get these policies through in Congress. "We need to do more to bring our U.S. fertilizer production... to build out capacity for not only small, but mid-sized fertilizer processors, and ensure that we are promoting competition and price transparency. "I’m proud to lead several bipartisan initiatives in Congress to grow our domestic supply and improve price transparency in our fertilizer markets. "We know that our farmers are feeding and fueling the world, we talked a lot about that [today]. Secretary Burgum, you talked about food security being national security - energy security is national security. I won’t stop fighting until our farmers get the relief and transparency that they deserve." — Congresswoman Ashley Hinson Watch the full exchange HERE . Read more about Rep. Hinson’s recent work on fertilizer costs and competition HERE , HERE , and HERE — and watch her recent exchange with Secretary Rollins HERE . ###