US and World Gripped by Fertilizer Crisis

Fertilizer shortages should be used to hasten environmental transitions, official says

A file image of U.S. farmer Roger Murphy putting fertilizer in the ground on April 23, 2020, near Dwight, Ill. Scott Olson/Getty Images

“Fertilizer shortages are real now.”

Uttered by U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power in a May 1 ABC interview with former Democratic adviser George Stephanopoulos, the words briefly drowned out the din of the news cycle.