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Bloomberg’s Alan Bjerga: Discussion of Drought, Climate Change & Crop Insurance

On the Monday (October 15) edition of “Rewind,” from Bloomberg news, agricultural reporter Alan Bjerga provided an interesting perspective on the intersection of climate issues, production agriculture, and policy.

In part, Mr. Bjerga noted that the U.S. is undergoing an “expansion” of the corn belt due to technology and economic variables that has resulted in a “shfit” of the growing region for the feed grain that now extends north all the way to southern Canada.

The Bloomberg discussion moved to highlight potential policy implications of this development, and also included analysis from Ed Dempsey of Pension Partners, who elaborated on variables associated with biofuels.

Mr. Bjerga’s “takeaway” points from Monday’s discussion are noted in this PowerPoint slide:

To listen to the complete discussion with Mr. Bjerga and Ed Dempsey from Monday’s Bloomberg program, just click on the listen bar below:

The entire replay of Monday’s “Rewind” program is available below.

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Posted by Keith Good • October, 17, 2012 • 9:21 am