G7 Farm Groups Call for Action on Rising Input Costs

(NAFB.com) The National Farmers Union joined leading agricultural organizations from G7 nations in urging governments to address soaring input costs. The groups are also asking for stronger market competition and collaboration with farmers to improve global food security. The joint statement comes as conflict in the Middle East and disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz drive higher energy and fertilizer prices, adding to pressures from tariffs, trade tensions, supply chain disruptions, and extreme weather. Farm groups warned that many producers are facing financial strain as they prepare for fall planting and purchase inputs for the next growing season. NFU President Rob Larew says family farmers in the United States and across the G7 are facing the same squeeze: input prices driven up by war, trade disruptions, and a handful of corporations that control the fertilizer, seed, and crop protection markets. The statement was signed by farm organizations representing the U