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Trump Pushes Fertilizer Expansion, Antitrust Probe Amid Hormuz Crisis

4/24/2026

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The Trump administration is weighing reviving Fertilizer Production Expansion Program to lower costs after Iran war shut Strait of Hormuz.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said USDA will coordinate with White House and act soon.
President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that the United States will not tolerate fertilizer gouging.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will testify on fertilizer tariffs as administration opens a Justice Department antitrust probe of producers.

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The Trump administration is weighing reviving Fertilizer Production Expansion Program to lower costs after Iran war shut Strait of Hormuz.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said USDA will coordinate with White House and act soon.
President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that the United States will not tolerate fertilizer gouging.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will testify on fertilizer tariffs as administration opens a Justice Department antitrust probe of producers.