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Brooke Rollins: “As of today, 50% of the fertilizer that we use in our…”

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

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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins: China, Food Security & the Future of American Farming

Published | Video Starts at 05:13

20, 30 years ago, we produced almost all of our own fertilizer in America during that time. And this is, 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. (05:13–05:21)

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