# Food Security Is National Security: Potash Gets Ready for Its Closeup - CropLife

> The USGS has added potash to its critical minerals list, elevating it to a national security issue. The article notes America imports more than 90 percent of its potash, mostly from Canada, and cites recent sanctions, Russian outages and EU tariffs as supply risks.

- Date: 2025-09-24 · published 2025-09-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23218-food-security-is-national-security-potash-gets-ready-for-its-closeup-croplife
- Commodities: [Potash (KCl)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/POTASH.md)

## Why it matters

Potential policy attention to potash supply security could support future price risk premiums, though no immediate supply change occurs.

## Read by commodity

- POTASH: bullish ▲

## Sources

- croplife.com: https://www.croplife.com/crop-inputs/fertilizer/food-security-is-national-security-potash-gets-ready-for-its-closeup/

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