STEVE MOORE: Politicians are blaming the wrong villain for America’s rising food prices

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins outlines the USDA's $500 million FIELDS Program aimed at increasing domestic fertilizer production. She stresses that food security is a national security issue, critical for America's self-reliance in feeding and fueling its population for the next 250 years, and discusses advancing farming technology. When food prices rise, politicians and activists alike instinctively look for a villain to blame. Amid current instability, many will be tempted to settle on domestic manufacturers as the scapegoat for skyrocketing prices. This narrative might be politically convenient for some, but it gets the economics of global supply chains exactly backwards. The real reason the price of key inputs in American food supply — like fertilizer — is rising is not corporate greed or mismanagement. It is a combination of global disrup