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Brooke Rollins: “It's also getting harder and harder for new Americans, men…”

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

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Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture | All-In DC

Published | Video Starts at 20:21

Every year it gets harder and harder for most of our farmers to make a living where they can support their family, pass their fourth Fifth and sixth generation farmer ranch onto the next their sons or daughters. It's getting harder and harder. It's also getting harder and harder for new Americans, men or women, to get into the business of farming. It's almost impossible. There's not enough opportunity for capital to inject, to buy a new tractor, to buy the land, to figure out how to become part of this great historical legacy profession in American history. (20:21–20:28)

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Asserts the increasing difficulty for new entrants into the farming industry.

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