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One hundred percent whole-wheat troubles
WSJ: 'Fungus strain menaces global wheat crop' |
Tom Philpott |
30 May 2008 |
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| I hate to sound like a broken record, but remember in the winter, when a fertilizer magnate warned that the world faced the threat of famine if any major crop didn't do well? The magnate was William Doyle, CEO of a company that has aptly been dubbed the 'Saudi Arabia of Fertilizer,' Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan. Here's what he said: If you had any major upset where you didn't have a crop in a major growing agricultural region this year, I believe you'd see famine. .. ... |
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| Topics: ag policy, agriculture, Big Ag, food, industrial ag, severe weather (all these topics) |
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