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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Dec 12, 2023
Fertilizer Research Act of 2023
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.
People & committees
Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · R–IA
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Introduced in Senate
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