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China’s crop-control chokehold puts America’s dinner table in danger

China produces 50% of crop protection products, and a South China Sea conflict could cut off U.S. access

By Kip Tom Fox News

Published May 11, 2026 12:37pm EDT | Updated May 11, 2026 12:41pm EDT

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President Donald Trump’s recent executive order to ensure ongoing domestic production of an important crop protection tool for farmers was made in response to a looming U.S. food security threat.

Toward the end of the Biden presidency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Supply Chain Report revealed that China produces 50% of crop protection products. Relying on China for tools essential to our food production is a risk we should avoid whenever possible.

President Trump removed that risk by invoking the Defense Production Act to compel domestic production of glyphosate-based herbicides and elemental phosphorus, classifying them as essential to national security and food supply chain resilience. The order noted that shortages of glyphosate, the primary ingredient in the herbicide Roundup, which is made by Bayer, would........

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