USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins and other principals will recap efforts to lower fertilizer prices.

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) press briefing · April 28, 2026

0:00/51m

51:36

0:00

10:00

20:00

30:00

40:00

50:00

Opening remarks and framing of fertilizer crisis

Presentation

3:41 → 5:11(1m 30s)

Secretary Rollins opened the briefing, framed fertilizer availability as a national security and farm-economy issue, and said consolidation has reduced domestic options ("in the 1980s nearly 50 US nitrogen fertilizer producers; today 4 companies control 75% of the domestic nitrogen fertilizer market"). She said the administration is pursuing immediate and long-term actions to relieve farmers’ input-cost pressures.

Keywords:

Speakers:

USDA hosted a White House–backed briefing bringing cabinet members and lawmakers together to outline short- and long-term steps to ease fertilizer shortages, including temporary trade and shipping moves, antitrust coordination, permitting acceleration and a $900 million production expansion program. Officials and members of Congress announced legislative proposals, industry commitments and a Q&A with reporters.

AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.

Transcript

Unlock the transcript with a paid subscription