Daybreak: September 22, 2026

0:00This is Agrippal's Debrake for Tuesday, September 22, brought to you by Wankinson Miller and dairy management incorporated. Good morning, I'm Jeff Nalley. Here's today's satellites. Tom Seagster E's tension on fertilizer. Iowa GOP representative Henson calls for an end of the war and Trump touts potash deal with Belarus. Kept Tom, Indiana farmer and the former US ambassador to the UN Food Agency is pushing back on corn growers or rhetoric in the fertilizer price debate. In a letter sent yesterday to the National Corn Growers Association CEO Neil Kasky and leaders of ten other corn associations. Tom warns that calls for export controls, profit margin caps and antitrust actions risk steering farmers away from free market principles. Too much of the recent conversation has

1:01turned into public attacks on the fertilizer industry. Some farmers have called for export controls. Others want profit margin caps. Let's be honest, that's not free market agriculture. That's creeping socialism, Tom says. He argues that accusing companies of price gouging, quote, over simplifies a complex global market and unfairly demonizes companies investing real capital into homegrown supply chains. Tom says the US has one of the most reliable fertilizer systems in the world, often trading at a discount to global competitors. What we have is worth protecting. What we have is worth improving and what we need now is dialogue, not litigation, Tom writes. Many nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer prices have climbed this year. Costs remain elevated even with duty-free phosphate imports from Morocco. Potash prices have stayed relatively flat.

2:04President Donald Trump yesterday said he's working on a quote, massive deal purchasing potash from Belarus. Tom's letter follows Iowa's corn forum earlier this month where USDA deputy secretary Stephen Vaden heard farmer complaints about Mosaic, Nutrien, CF-Interestries and Coke. In a recent agri-pull subpoena piece Iowa Corn Growers Association President Steve Cooper argued that with only a handful of megacorporations dictating terms, there's no shopping of RAM. I am fed up. My fellow farmers are fed up, he wrote. Vaden urged producers to keep pressure on the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust investigation launched in May. Noting USDA data shows fertilizer has been the single largest increase in farm-it put costs since 2020. Republican Iowa representative Ashley

3:06Henson says all options should be tapped in a bid to lower surging fuel prices, including a pause in U.S. diesel exports, suspending the gas tax, making higher ethanol blends e15 available everywhere possible, and bringing back the dollar of gallon-bound diesel tax credit. Iwins are being squeezed and shouldn't have to foot the bill with the pump or the checkout line for the war in a rancis. Henson, the GOP nominee, and a tight race for U.S. Senate seat. Henson is also calling for creation of a diesel relief program to help farmers and truckers and replenish the highway trust fund. These actions to lower costs are needed as soon as possible, and the war needs to be brought to a successful and immediate end. Henson says, Henson's running for Senate against Democrat Iowa lawmaker Josh Turrick, who is called for an embargo on U.S. diesel exports to bring down prices. The average national price

4:10of diesel reached a new all-time high yesterday, $651 a gallon. The surge threatens to disrupt harvest work by farmers and causes jump in prices for food and an array of other goods and services ahead of high-stakes midterm elections on November 3rd. We'll have more agri-pulse daybreak after this. Dairy Management Inc. serves America's 34,000-plus dairy farmers and dairy importers by managing research and marketing programs aimed at promoting dairy consumption and protecting the good image of dairy farmers, dairy products, and the dairy industry. Thunder than entirely by dairy farmers, DMI has distinguished itself as a strategic consultant and valuable resource to businesses and organizations in the food and beverage sector that seek to increase sales and raise their image through the innovative use of dairy and dairy ingredients. Welcome back to Agri-pulse Daybreak. Trump says he's working on a quote,

5:13massive deal to my potash from Belarus, though at least one analyst says he's struggling to get excited about it. Josh Lindville, vice president of fertilizer at Stone Ex notes that Belarus would have trouble getting potash-shipped Belarus, bordered by Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia can't access its formal Lithuanian route, and Latvia and Poland aren't likely to allow tons of potash to flow through their countries according to Lindville. Ukraine certainly will not help them after they allowed Russian troops to invade from Belarus. That leaves Russia, and there's only so much that can be moved there at a high cost, no less, Lindville rights, and a note. Also, even if the tons got to the U.S., they'd have limited impact on potash that has been well priced and steady since cooling off from 2022 highs, Lindville said. But while there's a little reason to need help with potash, we need help on phosphate

6:19and nitrogen. Lindville says, as a part of a new settlement, Sprouts Farmer's Market has agreed to stop misting organic produce sold in grocery stores with a synthetic pesticide called produce max to extend their shelf life. The Texas Attorney General's Office announced yesterday. The agreement comes after an investigation by the AG's office and the concerns over grocery stores spraying USDA certified organic produce without consumers' knowledge. Under the agreement Sprouts denies any wrongdoing, but will voluntary cease using the pesticide in stores nationwide within 90 days. Keep in mind earlier this year, grocery giant Albertson Safeway LLC similarly agreed not to apply produce max to produce in its Texas stores. The Texas Animal Health Commission will allow animals to move freely after releasing a new

7:24Whirl Screwarm infestation zone and alveid county from quarantine restrictions. The Commission placed restrictions on zone 11 after a new Whirl Screwarm was detected in the county in June. USDA released sterile new Whirl Screwarm flies in the affected area. That in an effort to eliminate the wild screwarm population. The Commission's executive director, Lewis Dingo said in the order that risk of an ongoing infection is substantially reduced because of the sterile flies, animal inspections, treatment protocols, movement controls, and continued surveillance. The Commission also adjusted another zone to be to release portions of Edward Sutton and Valverde counties from the movement restrictions. The quarantine zone went up after NWS was detected on a bovine in Edwards County also in the month of June. USDA is then checking the phased

8:27reopening of the border to limit the spread of new Whirl Screwarm in its new Whirl Screwarm rapid response account on X. It said September 18th that the reopening of the Senate to Resupport New Mexico on September 24th remains on schedule despite detecting a case of NWS on a horse in Grant County, New Mexico. The recent outbreak of NWS spurred Georgia to re-up its livestock requirements for interstate movement. The requirements will apply to five New Mexico counties, Cantran, Helvago, Luna, Sierra, and Grant. Anyone moving animals from an infected zone must request a permit, at least 48 hours before entering Georgia. These measures are necessary to help protect Georgia's number one industry, as well as the livestock and pets across our state. Georgia Agricultural Commission Tyler Harper said, Anyone bringing animals into Georgia from a designated county within New Mexico must

9:31follow these requirements to help prevent the spread of NWS. The Renewable Fools Association is going to court in a bid to knock down two rounds of small refinery exemptions granted by the Trump administration last month. The Ethnal Group has filed petitions in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, challenging EPA's granting SREs, including exempting 1.76 billion biofuel credits known as RENZ, marking the second highest exempted volume in the history of the Renewable Fuel Standard. These exemptions are unjustified and based on flawed analysis by the Department of Energy. We intend to challenge these decisions vigorously. RFA says, Here's today's final word. The United States is working on a massive deal with respect to the purchase of Potash from Belarus. The pricing would be for substantially less than we're currently

10:32paying to Canada. Very good news for our farmers and ranchers. That's the word of present Donald Trump and his social media site TruthSocial. You can read more at agriples.com. Well that's Daybrick for this Tuesday, September 22nd. Brought to you by Watkinson Villa and dairy management incorporated for the latest news out of Washington DC visit agriples.com. Fragralpulse Daybrick. I'm Jeff L.E.