Fertilizer Research Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-2]
Introduced
Summary
A USDA-led, 10-topic study of the U.S. fertilizer industry and pricing. The bill would require the Secretary of Agriculture to publish a public report on the Department of Agriculture website within 1 year, prepared in consultation with the Administrator of the Economic Research Service.
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- Farmers and growers would get a clearer picture of price drivers. The report would describe how industry factors influence prices at the farm and document pricing patterns over the past 25 years.
- Fertilizer manufacturers and importers would be profiled. The report would list types and quantities of imports, the companies and countries involved, and evaluate how antidumping and countervailing duties affect retail prices.
- Supply-chain actors would see assessments of manufacturing, distribution channels, transportation, logistics, and disruptions from natural disasters.
- Policymakers would receive analysis of industry concentration and possible anticompetitive impacts, an assessment of regulatory burdens, and a recommendation on whether to establish a routine public fertilizer price reporting mechanism.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-2]
IA • R
Cosponsors
Budzinski
IL • D
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Feenstra
IA • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3]
WA • D
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1]
IA • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13]
TX • R
Sponsored 2/17/2026
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