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Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum
GLD 368.29+0.6%Nov 7 4:00 PM EST

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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (28781)1/29/2008 11:06:30 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum  Read Replies (2) of 217571
 
M,
That has certainly been the case in the USA.. and I imagine Canada would fare the same.. (< 10%)
ers.usda.gov

OTOH.. for investment purposes..
Middle income countries include South Africa (17.5 percent) and Mexico (21.7 percent). China (28.3 percent) and Russia (36.7 percent) are seeing rapid decreases in food expenditure percentages but are still relatively high. India (39.4 percent) and Indonesia (49.9 percent) are among the highest when it comes to the amount of disposable income spent on food.

It all points back to something Americans often take for granted.

"There are few other places in the world where you can get the diversity and the amount of food for the dollar you spend than the United States," says Searle.

salem-news.com

So as those other countries 'catch up' on the income to food ratio and quality of food.. food prices will go up.. for now or balance out maybe is amore accurate..... I'm betting on the inputs for now.. fertiliser.. ... I have no idea what the world reserves of potash and phosphates are.. but for a few years hence at least there is not enough available.

The Black Swan
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