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In an earlier post, we quoted Klaus Ammann’s investigation of maize yields and the differences between the United States and Europe in improvement in these yields over time. This post provides an update of this story, showing encouraging recent progress in United States maize yields per hectare, as compared to a discouraging parameter for maize…
The Economics of Food: How Feeding and Fuelling the Planet Effects Food Prices.(Link to Amazon entry)Patrick Westhoff. FT Press ( Financial Times, Pearson Education Ltd), New Jersey 2010.ISBN – 10: 0 – 13 – 700610 – 1ISBN – 13: 978 – 0 – 13 – 700610 – 6 Patrick Westhoff is an experienced agricultural economist…
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Wheat Reaches its Limit | Economy | English Wheat Reaches its Limit Voice of America August 24, 2010 The world’s population keeps growing, but the amount of wheat farmers worldwide are able to grow per hectare has leveled off. According to a new study, that’s because breeders and researchers have reached the limit of how…