Trump Signs Order on Domestic Herbicide Supply for Defense Purposes, White House Says
The order designates glyphosate and phosphorus as critical for defense and agriculture, granting legal immunity to domestic producers to ensure supply amid rising demand, USDA said.
- President Donald Trump on Wednesday invoked the Defense Production Act by signing an order to boost elemental phosphorus and glyphosate production, delegating Brooke Rollins, Agriculture Secretary, to secure supplies.
- The White House fact sheet said loss of domestic elemental phosphorus or glyphosate-based herbicides would cripple critical supply chains and leave our defense industrial base and food supply vulnerable to hostile foreign actors, with only one domestic producer.
- The order specifies legal protections, stating it grants immunity to domestic producers of elemental phosphorus and glyphosate-based herbicides and directs USDA to ensure corporate viability remains unaffected.
- Critics immediately condemned the order, with Ken Cook calling it 'I can't envision a bigger middle finger to every MAHA mom than this' and environmental and public‑health advocates labeling it a betrayal.
- Amid a backdrop of litigation and settlement talks, Bayer recently proposed a $7.25 billion class settlement and seeks U.S. Supreme Court relief with a hearing set for April 27.
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MAHA Activists Warn Trump Could Lose Their Support Over Glyphosate Order
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MAHA moms are mad, lawmakers are fighting it: Diving into Trump’s glyphosate order
President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week that has caused a deep split not only between his political allies but also among his supporters. In a surprising move on Wednesday, Trump issued an executive order prioritizing U.S. production of glyphosate, a widely used weedkiller that officials and the scientific community say could cause cancer. It’s a herbicide that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy has called “one of the likely…
Trump Invokes Defense Production Act For Chemical Supply Chains - Tampa Free Press
President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order this week mobilizing the Defense Production Act (DPA) to shore up the domestic production of elemental phosphorus and glyphosate-based herbicides. The move marks a significant expansion of federal authority over the private sector, aimed at insulating both the American military and the nation’s agricultural output from foreign […] Trump Invokes Defense Production Act For Chemical Supply Chains
Trump seeks to boost controversial herbicide glyphosate, drawing MAHA ire
President Trump this week issued an executive order that seeks to boost the controversial herbicide glyphosate, drawing ire from the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement. Glyphosate, a key ingredient in the commonly used and widely litigated weedkiller Roundup, is described as “a cornerstone of this Nation’s agricultural productivity and rural economy.” in Trump’s order, issued…
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Trump signs order protecting glyphosate, phosphorus production
Progressive Farmer’s Chris Clayton reported that “invoking the Defense Production Act, President Donald Trump on Wednesday designated glyphosate-based herbicides and elemental phosphorus as critical to national defense and ordered Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to prioritize and secure domestic supplies.”
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