White House Seeks Fertilizer from Venezuela, Morocco to make up shortages caused by Trump’s Iran fiasco

Source: US News & World Report

“The Trump ⁠administration ⁠is seeking other ⁠sources of fertilizer amid the ongoing ​Iran war’s shipping constraints, including from Venezuela and ‌possibly Morocco, White House ‌economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Tuesday. … Fertilizer ⁠supplies have shrunk as the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran cut off critical nitrogen fertilizer supplies from the Gulf to the world’s farmers, ⁠sending prices spiking by more than one-third in recent weeks.” (03/17/26)

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