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Ernst, Grassley in effort to try to boost U.S. production of potash
(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Senator Joni Ernst is the co-author of a letter urging the U-S Secretary of the Interior to designate a fertilizer — potash — as a critical mineral. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley and a bipartisan group of lawmakers from the House and Senate have signed onto Ernst’s letter. Potash was removed from the U-S Critical Minerals List during the Biden Administration. Ernst, Grassley, and other lawmakers say putting it back on the list will support increased production of potash in the United States.
Only 15 percent of the potash used in the U-S is produced here, the rest is imported — mainly from Canada.
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