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Scott Bessent: “75% of the fertilizer needs for US farmers had already been…”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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Okay, so fertilizer is a direct result of the straight being closed a lot of the raw materials coming out of there. So again that's going to roll down 75% of the fertilizer needs for US farmers had already been taken care of for this planting season. So that I am confident that we will have ample fertilizer at a good price for the 27 planning season. And then some of these memory is just a function of demand. (13:22–13:28)

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Asserts that 75% of fertilizer needs for U.S. farmers were met for the current planting season.

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