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. 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. (04:55–05:04)
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