Biden Hails US Farmers’ Efforts to Feed World Amid Price Spikes

President visits family farm as consumer prices continue spike
U.S. will expand insurance, technology, fertilizer programs

President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to a family farm in Kankakee, Illinois, on May 11. — President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to a family farm in Kankakee, Illinois, on May 11.
Photographer: Taylor Glascock/Bloomberg

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By Justin Sink, Mike Dorning, and Josh Wingrove

May 11, 2022 at 2:22 PM UTC

Updated on

May 11, 2022 at 6:46 PM UTC

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President Joe Biden praised U.S. farmers as essential to curbing record-high inflation and maintaining global food supplies following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

“Our farmers are helping on both fronts: reducing the price of food at home and expanding production and feeding the world,” Biden said during a visit to a family farm outside Chicago on Wednesday.