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As G7 agriculture ministers met in Paris, the National Farmers Union joined leading farmers’ organizations from across the G7 countries in a joint statement calling on governments to confront rising input costs, strengthen fair and competitive markets and work with farmers as key partners in addressing global food security challenges. This effort builds on a previous statement outlining shared agriculture priorities among the world’s leading farm organizations earlier this year.
This statement comes as conflict in the Middle East and disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz drive a new surge in energy and fertilizer prices, compounding pressure from tariffs, trade tensions, supply chain disruptions and increasingly frequent extreme weather. The organizations warn that farmers are struggling to maintain liquidity heading into the fall planting and input-purchasing season.
“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,” said NFU President Rob Larew. “Farm organizations around the world are united in calling for real competition in input markets, stable and fair trade relationships, and policies that ensure farmers earn a fair price for what they produce. Our governments need to treat farmers as key partners to addressing these challenges.”
The statement was signed by National Farmers Union along with the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, Deutscher Bauernverband (Germany), FNSEA (France), Coldiretti (Italy), JA-Zenchu (Japan) and the National Farmers’ Union of England and Wales.
The full joint statement is available here.
NFU news release
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