We grow 180,000 birds per day. Minnesota's producers see the benefits of opening a market to one point two billion people who eat their product. There have also been recent negotiations to open the market for fertilizer and I urge the negotiators to resolve this fertilizer issue now so that Minnesota fertilizer companies can compete on an open, level playing field in the Chinese market. There is a multiplier effect for agriculture. Supply and demand drives the market.
China wants our poultry.
We increase production of poultry, that in turn increases the demand for corn and soybeans to feed those birds. It also increases the processing needs here on American soil. In summary, agriculture tariffs will be cut in half. I talked to the CEO of a Minnesota company called Pemstar. I know full well that this town is full of people who are glued to these phones.