Source: Alex Gangitano, THE HILL, 5/11/22


President Biden on Wednesday announced new actions to boost production on U.S. farms to help combat global food insecurity during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Folks, we can make sure that American agricultural exports will make up for the gap in Ukrainian supplies,” Biden said in remarks at the O’Connor family farm in Kankakee, Ill. Ukraine is the world’s largest producer of wheat, and it has 20 million tons of grain in silos.

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