US farm chief says reliance on China threatens American โfreedomโ
US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins told lawmakers on Thursday that American dependence on China for food, fertiliser and other agricultural inputs poses an โexistentialโ threat, framing food security as a national security issue while defending the White Houseโs reduced fiscal 2027 budget request. โIf we need to rely on China for our food and our fertiliser and all the things that come with that, we will lose what we understand to be liberty and freedom in this country. Thatโs how important...