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This article describes the prospects for an export market for American food products over the next 20 years. Per Pinstrup-andersen gives his observations on what is happening in various regions of the world. This article gives a realistic appraisal to farmers who are looking for hope for their industry and how to position themselves in the world marketplace.

Recently I participated in an Iowa "Town Meeting" teleconference. It was transmitted to about 800 pork producers gathered at 80 sites statewide. It was the first Iowa Communication Network interactive conference using fiber optic techn

In the middle of the night, I am listening to the sound of death. It is the rumble of distant thunder. It is the sound of rain falling.

Why is a life-giving force such as rain so menacing? Instead of nourishing the soil, it is nourishing dark, runaway thoughts as farmers listen to the sounds. This sound of death is the death of family farms. Dark thoughts, growing with each storm, are thoughts about quitting farming, quitting while there is something left.

In eastern N ...