I have been reading of farm distress in the US in the wake of big buyers like china moving on to brazil, hence the Midwest's desire to export Agriproducts to India. and that's a red line for India, because of a) GMO, b) terminator seeds that have to be bought every year from Monsanto and other Big Ag, etc. c) dairy from cows that have been fed ground-up cow parts. and no country can anger its own farmers. so the governors of Iowa and Ohio etc have been visiting India, but I don't think India will buy boatloads of corn and soy from them. there is a vicious cycle in the US: the #FarmBill gives huge subsidies to #bigAg for corn, soy, wheat, rice and cotton. this encourages over-production of these crops, esp corn. that ends up in high-fructose corn syrup in virtually everything: and leads to epidemics eg diabetes and obesity, via #BigFood, which then supports #BigMedicine eg #statins. this is unsustainable. and I am sure #BigTech is in there somewhere, eg bill gates buying oodles of farmland.
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