Bill Aims to List Phosphate and Potash as Critical Minerals

With your Southeast Regional Ag News, I am Haylie Shipp. This is the Ag Information Network.

Several Congressional leaders – including those from the Southeast – are now teaming up for a piece of legislation dealing with fertilizer.

The Capitolist reports that the bill introduced on Monday is aimed at reshaping U.S. agricultural security and mitigating food security threats.

So who is on the Congressional list? U.S. Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL-03), U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-AL-02), U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-07), and U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19) sponsored the bill seeking to place phosphate and potash on the Department of the Interior’s list of critical minerals.

Florida is one of the largest supplies of phosphate and potash in the world. In arguments for the legislation, it’s stated that these minerals are critical for use in agriculture fertilizers, without which, there could be food shortages.

The legislation, also sponsored in the U.S. Senate by Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), seeks to spur domestic production of these essential minerals and reduce dependency on foreign sources.

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