{"id":11547,"date":"2026-03-14T04:25:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T04:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/natharatmouchrika.net\/home\/?p=11547"},"modified":"2026-03-14T04:25:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T04:25:52","slug":"fears-of-a-food-shock-rise-as-midterms-loom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/natharatmouchrika.net\/home\/?p=11547","title":{"rendered":"Fears of a food shock rise as midterms loom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11548 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/natharatmouchrika.net\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4e8d1606b237dc330c5b8002c95010bb-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/natharatmouchrika.net\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4e8d1606b237dc330c5b8002c95010bb-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/natharatmouchrika.net\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4e8d1606b237dc330c5b8002c95010bb.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" 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the price shock voters feel most directly \u2014 at the worst possible time for President Trump and Republicans.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Why it matters:\u00a0<\/strong>The Strait of Hormuz \u2014 paralyzed by Iranian threats and potentially mines \u2014 carries a third of the world&#8217;s fertilizer. For many American farmers, the spring planting season is just weeks away.<\/p>\n<div id=\"piano-recaptcha\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"piano-wall\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div id=\"piano-container\" class=\"gtmView\" data-cy=\"piano-wall-modal\" data-vars-location=\"banner\" data-vars-sub-category=\"piano\" data-vars-experiment=\"subwall\" data-vars-experiment-variant=\"unknown_variant\" data-vars-product=\"core\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-sub-product=\"national\" data-vars-latitude=\"36.8\" data-vars-longitude=\"2.92\" data-vars-postal-code=\"16008\" data-vars-event-name=\"cta_view\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Threat level:\u00a0<\/strong>The American Farm Bureau Federation\u00a0<a class=\"gtmContentClick\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fb.org\/files\/AFBF-Letter-to-POTUS-Fertilizer.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-vars-link-text=\"warned in a letter\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.fb.org\/files\/AFBF-Letter-to-POTUS-Fertilizer.pdf\" data-vars-content-id=\"7fee713c-ea5d-4022-832b-8a8babca8f7c\" data-vars-headline=\"Fears of a food shock rise as midterms loom\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\">warned in a letter<\/a>\u00a0to Trump this week that &#8220;supply chain shocks are expected to drive already record-high input prices even higher.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Gulf states now menaced by war produce nearly 49% of the world&#8217;s urea, a critical solid nitrogen fertilizer, and about 30% of its ammonia, according to AFBF.<\/li>\n<li>The U.S. also gets<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>about 97% of its potassium from foreign sources, plus 18% of its nitrogen and 13% of its phosphate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>&#8220;Fertilizer&#8217;s not an option<\/strong>\u00a0to farmers \u2014 it&#8217;s a critical input that determines the crop yield and ultimately the food supply for the American people,&#8221; said AFBF president Zippy Duvall.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>&#8220;It&#8217;s not just a farm issue \u2014 it&#8217;s a food security issue and an economic issue for the entire country,&#8221; Duvall added. &#8220;When farmers face supply shortages or price increases, those impacts ripple through the entire food chain.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Zoom out:\u00a0<\/strong>Food inflation, driven in part by the disruption to grain exports from Russia&#8217;s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, weighed heavily on President Biden&#8217;s approval ratings.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Now a new war is threatening the same chain reaction: surging commodity prices, disrupted supply chains, higher grocery bills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"gtmView\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-vars-experiment=\"mid_story_ad\" data-vars-experiment-variant=\"ad\" data-vars-sub-category=\"non-piano\" data-vars-product=\"core\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-sub-product=\"national\" data-vars-latitude=\"36.8\" data-vars-longitude=\"2.92\" data-vars-postal-code=\"16008\" data-vars-event-name=\"cta_view\" data-vars-deprecated-category=\"cta\" data-vars-deprecated-experiment=\"mid_story_ad\" data-vars-deprecated-experiment-variant=\"ad\" data-vars-deprecated-label=\"cta\/view\/mid_story_ad\/ad\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen48430672_501=\"128224\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time48430672_501=\"1000\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen48430672_531=\"128224\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time48430672_531=\"1000\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen48430672_493=\"128225\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time48430672_493=\"1000\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen48430672_506=\"128225\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time48430672_506=\"1000\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen48430672_505=\"128225\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time48430672_505=\"1000\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen48430672_468=\"128225\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time48430672_468=\"1000\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen48430672_37=\"128225\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time48430672_37=\"1000\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired48430672_501=\"1\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired48430672_531=\"1\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired48430672_493=\"1\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired48430672_506=\"1\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired48430672_505=\"1\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired48430672_468=\"1\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired48430672_37=\"1\">\n<div class=\"mt-6 mb-6\">\n<div class=\"gtmView midStoryAd grid justify-center items-center py-2 overflow-hidden lg:overflow-visible\" data-cy=\"mid-story-ad\" data-vars-event-name=\"ad_view\" data-vars-product=\"core\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-sub-product=\"national\" data-vars-latitude=\"36.8\" data-vars-longitude=\"2.92\" data-vars-postal-code=\"16008\" data-vars-sub-category=\"mid_story\" data-vars-content-id=\"7fee713c-ea5d-4022-832b-8a8babca8f7c\" data-vars-headline=\"Fears of a food shock rise as midterms loom\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen48430672_501=\"128224\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time48430672_501=\"1000\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen48430672_531=\"128225\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time48430672_531=\"1000\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen48430672_493=\"128225\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time48430672_493=\"1000\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen48430672_506=\"128225\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time48430672_506=\"1000\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen48430672_505=\"128225\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time48430672_505=\"1000\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen48430672_468=\"128225\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time48430672_468=\"1000\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen48430672_37=\"128225\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time48430672_37=\"1000\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired48430672_501=\"1\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired48430672_531=\"1\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired48430672_493=\"1\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired48430672_506=\"1\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired48430672_505=\"1\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired48430672_468=\"1\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired48430672_37=\"1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>The timing\u00a0<\/strong>is especially perilous for Trump, who campaigned explicitly on lowering grocery prices \u2014 but has faced criticism for not doing enough to address affordability concerns.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Republicans are already<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>defending a war many voters see as a betrayal. Spiking grocery bills would give Democrats another potent weapon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>The other side:\u00a0<\/strong>The Trump administration &#8220;is supporting farmers through unprecedented international market access, lowered taxes, and improvements to the farm safety net,&#8221; a U.S. Department of Agriculture spokesperson says.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>&#8220;President Trump is utilizing all the tools available to ensure farmers have what they need to continue their farming operations &#8211; emphasizing the long-term gains will far outweigh any short-term disruptions.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>The bottom line:<\/strong>\u00a0Higher prices at the pump have always been politically unpopular.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Angering farmers and grocery shoppers at the same time could be especially toxic.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Link :\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/03\/13\/iran-war-food-inflation-trump-midterms\">https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/03\/13\/iran-war-food-inflation-trump-midterms<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-4 xs:mb-6 sm:mb-10 md:flex-row\">\n<div class=\"gtmView\" data-vars-event-name=\"share_view\" data-vars-content-id=\"7fee713c-ea5d-4022-832b-8a8babca8f7c\" data-vars-headline=\"Fears of a food shock rise as midterms loom\" data-vars-location=\"bottom\" data-vars-product=\"core\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-sub-product=\"national\" data-vars-latitude=\"36.8\" data-vars-longitude=\"2.92\" data-vars-postal-code=\"16008\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen48430672_37=\"81947\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time48430672_37=\"1000\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen48430672_501=\"81947\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time48430672_501=\"1000\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen48430672_531=\"81947\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time48430672_531=\"1000\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen48430672_505=\"81947\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time48430672_505=\"1000\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen48430672_506=\"81947\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time48430672_506=\"1000\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen48430672_468=\"81947\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time48430672_468=\"1000\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen48430672_493=\"81948\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time48430672_493=\"1000\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired48430672_37=\"1\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired48430672_468=\"1\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired48430672_493=\"1\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired48430672_501=\"1\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired48430672_505=\"1\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired48430672_506=\"1\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired48430672_531=\"1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not just oil:\u00a0The\u00a0Iran war\u00a0is threatening to reignite food inflation \u2014 the price shock voters feel most directly \u2014 at the worst possible time for President Trump and Republicans. Why it matters:\u00a0The Strait of Hormuz \u2014 paralyzed by Iranian threats and potentially mines \u2014 carries a third of the world&#8217;s fertilizer. 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