The Poynter Institute
Menu
Donate
Donate
English Español

Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

More Info

I would like to contribute

Search results for "American farmers are suffering from a fertilizer shortage"

People (60)

Fact-checks (24476)

Bloggers stated on June 28, 2017 in a blog post:
"Over $13 million worth of crops have ROTTED in California, all because no one is willing to work jobs vacated by migrants."
By Joshua Gillin• July 24, 2017
Viral image stated on August 24, 2021 in a Facebook post:
The US government is trying to create food shortages by telling farmers to destroy their crops.
By Andy Nguyen• September 7, 2021
Charlie Flemming stated on May 11, 2012 in a speech:
Georgia crackdown on illegal immigration costs state farmers $400 million last year.
By Chris Joyner• May 11, 2012
Jack Ohman stated on April 25, 2013 in a column on an editorial cartoon.:
Says the fertilizer plant that exploded in West, Texas,"had not been inspected by the state of Texas since 2006."
By W. Gardner Selby• May 1, 2013
Facebook posts stated on July 06, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Drought is a lie” designed to limit farming, reduce the food supply and ultimately control Americans.
By Madison Czopek• July 19, 2022
Georgia Farm Bureau stated on January 08, 2015 in a statement on the Georgia Farm Bureau website:
Agriculture contributes $71 billion to Georgia’s economy annually, making it the state’s largest industry.
By April Hunt• January 9, 2015
Facebook posts stated on May 12, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Homemade baby formula recipes offer a ‘viable option’ during U.S. shortage
By Monique Curet, Samantha Putterman• May 13, 2022
Facebook posts stated on March 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Minority farmers get big bonus, white ones get none,” because of Democrats.
By Tom Kertscher• March 30, 2021
Facebook posts stated on February 09, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden “will redirect the $30 billion” that Donald Trump “left for U.S. farmers to ‘climate change.’”
By Tom Kertscher• February 18, 2021
Paul Farrow stated on April 30, 2020 in online post:
Says a meat shortage is “not expected”
By Nusaiba Mizan• May 5, 2020
Instagram posts stated on January 22, 2023 in an Instagram post:
The U.S. chicken and egg shortage is linked to Bill Gates.
By Sara Swann• January 25, 2023
Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Fires at food processing plants are an “attempt to starve us.”
By Jeff Cercone• April 26, 2022
Karoline Leavitt stated on January 28, 2025 in White House press briefing:
The U.S. has an egg shortage because the “Biden administration and the Department of Agriculture directed the mass killing of more than 100 million chickens.”
By Jeff Cercone• January 30, 2025
Donald Trump stated on August 27, 2016 in a speech:
"Hillary Clinton wants to shut down family farms" using "radical regulation," by raising business tax "rates as high as nearly 50 percent" and by taxing "family farms again at death by as much as 45 percent."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• August 31, 2016
Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2020 in remarks at a public event in Des Moines:
"Under three years of my administration, net farm income has already gone up nearly 50%."
By Julia Shanahan• May 22, 2020
Nathan Deal stated on June 16, 2011 in a radio interview:
A "substantial number" of probationers participating in a pilot project to ease the farm labor shortage are able to "finish the work."
By Willoughby Mariano• June 27, 2011
Facebook posts stated on May 11, 2022 in a post:
Says people can follow a 1960 recipe for homemade baby formula as a workaround during the current shortage.
By Monique Curet• May 13, 2022
Facebook posts stated on January 31, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Backyard chicken flocks have stopped laying eggs, and the feed is responsible.
By Samantha Putterman• February 7, 2023
Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2023 in a campaign video:
“Under ‘Crooked Joe’ Biden, there has been a catastrophic increase in shortages of essential medicines.”
By Michelle Andrews• October 2, 2023
Facebook posts stated on April 03, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says fluid milk production limitations mean grocery stores are short on milk even as farmers are dumping it
By Eric Litke• April 10, 2020

Articles (7853)

Not just oil: How the Strait of Hormuz blockage affects US consumers, from fertilizer to helium

By Louis Jacobson• April 6, 2026

Looming food shortages? Probably not in the US

By Jon Greenberg• April 18, 2022

Inflation’s effects on the holiday season

By Jeff Cercone• November 22, 2022

Year of the Lies: Farmer says some Trump tariff statements ‘as far from the truth as you can get’

By Amy Sherman• December 16, 2025

US soybean farmers criticize Argentina ‘bailout.’ How are the issues linked?

By Louis Jacobson• October 21, 2025

Tireless Truth-O-Meter travels time

By Willoughby Mariano• July 3, 2011

In Tanzania, Clinton Foundation trades on maize and beans, not name

By Jon Greenberg• September 6, 2016

PolitiFact’s guide to understanding tariffs and international trade

By Louis Jacobson• November 18, 2019

What to make of an abysmal year for truth? PolitiFact names 2025 the Year of the Lies

By Katie Sanders• December 15, 2025

Year of the Lies: How Trump’s talk about Tylenol, autism and vaccines affected one pediatrician

By Samantha Putterman• December 17, 2025

Trump’s Afrikaner refugee policy based on unfounded claims about land, white farmer ‘genocide’

By Amy Sherman• May 20, 2025

Why is RFK Jr. so worried about sperm count?

By Jennifer Gerson, Mariel Padilla• May 14, 2026

PolitiFact Wisconsin's 'High Five' for 2019

By D.L. Davis• December 26, 2019

The effects of Donald Trump's trade war

By Manuela Tobias• July 30, 2018

Mailbag: 'Ya gotta do better'

By Louis Jacobson• July 9, 2018

Would North Carolina bill allow the ‘murder’ of birth control users? Vague bill likely to stall

By Paul Specht• June 11, 2026

How useful are CPAP machines during a ventilator shortage?

By Louis Jacobson• April 8, 2020

Puberty blockers: The facts and the myths

By Grace Abels• August 28, 2023

Did South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem break the law by shooting her dog? What legal experts say

By Jeff Cercone• May 1, 2024

Trade and tariffs in 5 charts: A 2018 midterm report

By Manuela Tobias• September 24, 2018