Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is cosponsoring bipartisan legislation to decrease dependence on China for agricultural imports.
Sen. Ossoff recently cosponsored the bipartisan Securing American Agriculture Act to help mitigate potential Chinese market manipulation of critical agricultural products.
According to the American Feed Industry Association, China currently maintains a near-monopoly of the global market for essential agricultural inputs including vitamins, veterinary pharmaceuticals, and crop protection tools, raising concerns about the vulnerability of the U.S. livestock industry.
This bipartisan bill, led by Sens. Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), would help guard against potential Chinese manipulation of the global market for these agricultural products by instructing the U.S. Department of Agriculture to evaluate the weaknesses in American agricultural supply chains and develop a plan to minimize potential Chinese threats by boosting domestic production.
“Agriculture is Georgia’s number one industry,” Sen. Ossoff said. “That is why I am bringing Republicans and Democrats in Congress together to help decrease dependence on China for agricultural inputs.”
Sen. Ossoff continues working to protect Georgia farmers from cheap Chinese imports.
In August, Sen. Ossoff cosponsored the bipartisan United States Citrus Protection Act alongside Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) to support and protect Georgia’s citrus growers by banning imports of fresh citrus from China, which can often undercut domestic citrus producers and hurt the rapidly growing citrus industry in Georgia.
Last December, Sen. Ossoff successfully fought to pass a bipartisan disaster relief package that included $21 billion in agricultural disaster funding to help Georgia farmers recovering from the disastrous impacts of Hurricane Helene and farmers nationwide impacted by natural disasters.
Also in 2024, Sen. Ossoff introduced the Protecting Our Produce Act to boost resources and support for Georgia specialty crop growers facing unfairly priced imports.
Click here to read the Securing American Agriculture Act.
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