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S. 2808In CommitteeAGRICULTURE AND FOOD

Fertilizer Research Act of 2025

Sponsor
Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
R · IA
Key facts
Introduced: Sep 16, 2025
Chamber: Senate
Cosponsors: 7
Congress: 119th
Latest action · Sep 16, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summary

Fertilizer Research Act of 2025

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to publish on the department's website a report on the U.S. fertilizer industry. Among other things, the report must include

  • a description of the impacts on the fertilizer industry that influence the prices that agricultural producers receive for their products;
  • a description of the size and value of the U.S. fertilizer market over the previous 25 years;
  • a description of the importation of fertilizer into the United States and the impacts that antidumping and countervailing duties have on retail fertilizer prices;
  • a study of market concentration of the U.S. fertilizer industry;
  • an assessment of the regulatory environment governing fertilizer production, distribution, and usage; and
  • a description of the extent to which current public price reporting of fertilizer is transparent for market participants and recommendations on whether further reporting is needed.   
Summary by Congressional Research Service.

Timeline

  1. Sep 16, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
  2. Sep 16, 2025
    Introduced in Senate

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