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Brooke Rollins: “20, 30 years ago, we produced almost all of our own…”

Featuring: Brooke Rollins, Republican | United States Secretary of Agriculture | National

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Published | Video Starts at 04:43

And our farmers once again are seeing a 30 to 40% increase. But that was on top of a 50 to 60 to 70% increase in the Biden years for a lot of reasons. 20, 30 years ago, we produced almost all of our own fertilizer in America. during that time. And this is basically reflective of almost all of agriculture right now. We began to offshore, offshore, offshore. (04:43–04:48)

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Asserts that 20-30 years ago, the U.S. produced almost all of its own fertilizer.

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