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Brooke Rollins: “China in 1983 owned about 2,000 acres of our American…”

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

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Brooke Rollins Blows the Lid Off Biden's USDA

Published | Video Starts at 25:50

Okay, you mentioned China and Brazil as, let's just say, foes in the agriculture space or competitors. What are they doing that's so insidious? And what are we doing to fight back? Well, we could start with farmland. China in 1983 owned about 2,000 acres of our American farmland. Today, they own almost 200,000 acres. of our American farmland. They purchased Syngenta, which is basically. There's no other purveyor of seeds, and some of the other crop protectant. How did we even look at that in the world? (25:50–25:59)

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Asserts that China's ownership of American farmland has increased significantly since 1983.

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