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Elissa Slotkin: “So much of [fertilizer] comes from [the] Persian Gulf.”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Slotkin joins James Beard in Detroit to talk about helping farmers and restaurants

Published | Video Starts at 07:45

And what that will do to transportation in general, fertilizer. I know our farmers. I've been hearing incessantly about what the cost of fertilizer is going to be this year because, you know, So much of [fertilizer] comes from [the] Persian Gulf. It's a byproduct of, of natural gas. Those fields are being hit. I mean, so I think our farmers are living through incredible instability right now and inability to plan. (07:45)

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