Fertilizer industry, farm groups push for changes to critical minerals list | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

The fertilizer industry and a raft of farm groups are backing legislation that would add phosphate and potash to the list of minerals considered “critical” to the national security of the United States, arguing that too much of the world’s reserves of the vital crop inputs is located outside the country and vulnerable to supply shocks.

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