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Brooke Rollins: “Eight or nine out of every ten farmers in America are not…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 03:28

… decisions that were made under the last administration, that basically we inherited the trade deficit after leaving a trade surplus. We inherited a 40% increase in inputs for our farmers. Eight or nine out of every ten farmers in America are not profitable. I mean, these are massive issues. In the meantime, we have offshored our supply chains in agriculture and food. (03:28–03:32)

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Asserts that 80-90% of American farmers are not profitable.

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