Source: BLOOMBERG, 9/7/18


America’s heartland has a sameness that didn’t exist a generation ago. The amber waves of grain are still there, and the corn’s still as high as an elephant’s eye—but they’re less and less likely to exist side by side. As global markets have grown, the desire and need for diverse local production has declined. There’s no need for a little wheat here or a few cows there when agriculture has gone industrial-scale. The result has literally shifted the American landscape.

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