President Joe Biden wants to draw attention to the spikes in food prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as he travels to a farm in Illinois to highlight how U.S. agricultural exports can ease financial pressures around the world.

The war in Ukraine disrupted the country’s wheat supplies to global markets, and caused rising costs for oil, natural gas and fertilizers. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations said its food price index jumped almost 30% in April from a year earlier, although the index fell slightly monthly. Americans are also experiencing some pain, as food prices have risen 8.8% over last year, the most since May 1981.

A trip to Illinois on Wednesday is an opportunity for Biden to solve two different problems that shape his presidency. First, his approval was prompted by high inflation, and his visit will coincide with the publication of the May consumer price index, which economists say should show lower inflation for the first time since August.

But in a much broader sense, it is an opportunity to strengthen America’s clear role in helping alleviate the problems caused by the war in Ukraine. The trip follows a similar pattern, as Biden’s recent visit to the Alabama weapons plant highlighted Javelin anti-tank missiles delivered by the U.S. to Ukraine.

“He will talk about the support we need to continue to provide to farmers to help continue to produce more and more in the domestic market,” White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Tuesday. “Just as we provide weapons, we will work to do our best to support farmers to provide more wheat and other food around the world.”

The President noted that on Tuesday about inflation in Ukraine stored 20 million tons of wheat and corn, which the United States and its allies are trying to export from the country. This would help solve some supply problems, although problems may persist.

Several House Democrats, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi, met with Biden on Tuesday after a visit to Ukraine. They warned that food shortages mean that the consequences of the war launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin will go far beyond Ukraine and affect some of the world’s poorest countries.

“It will lead to a famine crisis far worse than anyone expected,” Massachusetts reporter Jim McGovern said after a meeting at the White House.

An analysis conducted this month for the center-right American Enterprise Institute by Joseph Glauber and David Labord noted that the Middle East and North Africa are likely to suffer from rising prices due to grain shortages.

There are limits to how much wheat the U.S. can produce to make up for the shortfall. In March, the Ministry of Agriculture estimated that 47.4 million hectares of wheat were sown this year, which is only 1% more than in 2021. This will be the fifth lowest number of hectares set aside for wheat in records dating back to 1919.

Biden will travel with Illinois Secretary of Agriculture Tom Wilsak. After the president’s speech on the farm, he will travel to Chicago to speak at the congress of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Engineers.