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Food production questions threaten precarious balance
A veteran analysis by William Robbins examines how United States food abundance coexists with potential scarcity. He notes U S exports supply 44 percent of world wheat and half of livestock-feed grains, while domestic farmers rely on foreign markets for large shares of soybeans and corn. If policy shifts or poor harvests occur, grain markets swing, impacting prices, inflation, and the ability to feed the poor.
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United States
Agriculture Department
Don Paarlberg
Butz
Lester R. Brown
Overseas Development Council
Soviet Union