U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar met with Minnesota farmers and agriculture leaders to discuss rising fertilizer costs and the growing pressure on producers. Klobuchar says tariffs, global conflict tied to the war with Iran, and market consolidation have created what she called a “perfect storm” of higher input costs and lower crop prices.

She’s promoting two bipartisan bills: the Fertilizer Transparency Act, which would require mandatory price reporting to improve market transparency, and the Homegrown Fertilizer Act, designed to expand domestic fertilizer production and storage. The Minnesota Corn Growers Association says fertilizer prices have jumped sharply in the past year, cutting into already thin margins, and Klobuchar says the proposals aim to stabilize prices and strengthen U.S. supply chains.