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TOPIC(S): Wheat, Agriculture US,
TOPIC(S): Wheat, Corn/Maize, Agriculture Global, Ag Russia & CIS, Ag Europe,
TOPIC(S): Wheat, Rice,

04/08/2024 SOURCE: marginalrevolution.com

Cultivating Minds: The Psychological Consequences of Rice versus Wheat Farming - Marginal REVOLUTION

It’s long been argued that the means of production influence social, cultural and psychological processes. Rice farming, for example, requires complex irrigation systems under communal management and intense, coordinated labor. Thus, it has been argued that successful rice farming communities tend to develop people with collectivist orientations, and cultural ways of thinking that emphasize group […]

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TOPIC(S): Wheat, Corn/Maize, Soybeans, Commodities,

03/28/2024 SOURCE: www.foodbusinessnews.net

Corn, soybeans lower, wheat mixed ahead of reports

Recap for October 7 Wheat futures were mixed Thursday, with winter wheat mostly lower on concerns US exporters will struggle to compete with overseas suppliers, but a shortage of high-protein hard red spring wheat boosted spring wheat futures. Corn futures hit a one-week low in early trading before bouncing back to end slightly higher on the day as investors squared positions ahead of next week’s updated harvest forecast from the US Department of Agriculture. Signals of good export demand for US soybeans sent soybean and . . .

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TOPIC(S): Wheat, Corn/Maize, Rice, Fertilizer, Climate Change,
TOPIC(S): Wheat, Agriculture US,
TOPIC(S): Wheat, Crop Consultant, Sustainability,
TOPIC(S): Wheat, Rice, Agriculture Global, Sustainability,

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