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The problem with wheat

The Food Chain

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The Modern History of Wheat

The properties that made wheat appealing to our early ancestors also make it easy to buy and sell. The globalization of grain markets in the nineteenth century created sismic economic waves. Frank has more intensive use of fertilizer, better ploughing and improved hybrid seeds led to leaps in productivity.

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