The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

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Part of what should keep the [US] farm belt healthy for a while are its ties to rapidly growing Asian economies such as China, which is expected by the USDA to import $19 billion of U.S. farm goods in the year ending Sept. 30, 2012, up 27% from fiscal 2010. That would tie China with Canada as the biggest importers of U.S. farm goods.

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