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Elissa Slotkin: “The number one issue they raise with me when I sit with them…”

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

Elissa Slotkin Asks Agriculture Sec. About Need To Review Foreign Ownership Of American Farmland

Published February 25, 2024 | Video Starts at 02:23

That's our dig at California. And because of that, you know that we have cherry farmers, stone fruit farmers, asparagus, mint. We have a ton of smaller farmers, not monocropping. And The number one issue they raise with me when I sit with them is the cost, reliability, and availability of labor. Right. Our kids don't go and work on farms anymore in the summer in the same ways. (02:23–02:30)

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Asserts that the primary concern of Michigan farmers is the cost, reliability, and availability of labor.

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