interesting is that North Dakota - is now the number one wheat producing state in the USA, when Kansas used to consistently DOUBLE North Dakota's wheat production
And the hits just keep on coming.
Global wheat stocks are at their lowest levels since 1979.
The ongoing Australian drought is one of the reasons why.
After America, Australia is normally the second largest exporter
of grain, and in a good year it would hope to harvest about 25 million tonnes.
But the country remains in the grip of the worst drought in a
century, which is why the 2006 crop yielded only 9.8m tonnes.
This is the 2nd wheat producing country in the world, going from
producing 25 million tonnes to barely 10 million tonnes of wheat...
Particularly interesting are these:
Australia's food bowl lies empty:
Uganda: 1.5 Million People Face Starvation Due to Foods, Drought And it so it begins and will go on and on...
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