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Brooke Rollins: “Fertilizer and diesel fuel have been the two. I think that…”

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

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USDA Secretary Blames Biden Administration for High Grocery Prices

Published | Video Starts at 04:47

Well, the war the worst. So I know what you're asking. So yes, let me respond to that directly. And specifically, Fertilizer and diesel fuel have been the two. I think that we've significant increase in costs since the strait was closed. But what I think is important, that the fertilizer costs that were inherited increased almost 100%. That had come down 50% before the Iranian conflict. (04:47–04:56)

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Asserts that fertilizer and diesel fuel costs have significantly increased since the Strait of Hormuz was closed.

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