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Brooke Rollins: “It is a national security issue.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 26:54

But in 1983, China owned 2,000 acres. Today they own almost 300,000 acres. 20 years ago, there were 40 fertilizer companies providing, providing nitrogen fertilizer. Today there are three seeds the same. It is a national security issue. And at the same time, we're losing thousands of these producers every year. So I think when you take all of that in total, you take an extremely aggressive president … (26:54–26:59)

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Asserts that the consolidation of agricultural resources and foreign ownership is a national security issue.

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