date:Aug 10, 2012
the world are going to see tremendous pressures on calories. It's particularly scary for the impoverished in the world.
Basse says there are 2 other major wild cards moving forward: China and what happens to U.S. crops between now and harvest. The latter depends much on not just any rainfall moving forward (which Basse and Roggensack agreed may or may not be of much help to either the corn or soybean crop at this point) but also any issues like disease that could trim the useability of the grain