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Brooke Rollins: “50% of the fertilizer that we use in our country we have to…”

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

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Brooke Rollins Discusses Effect Of War In Iran On Fertilizer Prices

Published | Video Starts at 04:56

And this is basically reflective of almost all of agriculture right now. We began to offshore, offshore, offshore. And as of today, 50% of the fertilizer that we use in our country we have to get from China or Russia or other countries. And so when the strait closed, it really shined a light in a way that has allowed us to move at warp speed, we call it Trump speed every day to begin to reshore our fertilizer in this country. (04:56–05:04)

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Asserts that 50% of U.S. fertilizer is imported from China, Russia, or other countries.

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