The American Farm Bureau Federation is calling on President Donald Trump to dampen the Iran war’s shocks to the market for critical agricultural supplies — which are landing as farmers confront major economic headwinds.
Military action in the Middle East has disrupted fertilizer shipments and energy markets just ahead of American farmers’ spring planting season, the farm bureau’s president, Zippy Duvall, warned in a letter to Trump on Monday.
“It really is a national security issue,” Duvall told reporters. “Our farmers across the country are heading into spring planting, and they’re facing one of the toughest economic environments that we’ve seen in decades.”
The farm bureau represents nearly 6 million families and is a key Trump ally in the agriculture industry. But the group warned that the Trump administration risks provoking even more financial uncertainty for farmers if it fails to prioritize the delivery of key products.
