Jacob welcomes back Neil Townsend ahead of the GrainFox “Before You Grow” Event, where Neil and Jacob are both speaking. Together, Neil and Jacob try to look beyond recent headlines and identify the biggest issues affecting farmers in 2023/24 as well as discussing trends in land values and food consumption. They discuss whether farmers should expect a “war premium” to return to grain prices and their conclusion about where that war premium is likely to show up in the market may surprise you. They close with a conversation about China and why this might be a good year for exports to the Middle Kingdom.

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Timestamps:

(0:00) - Intro

(2:11) - Biggest Issues For Farmers in 2023/24

(8:50) - Local Farming Geopolitics

(14:32) - Consumer Food Prices

(20:00) – A “war premium” for grain prices and what that really means

(29:23) - China and Rural Farming

(32:44) - Russia's Grain Power

(41:30) – China and Ag

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Link to GrainFox Event: https://events.grainfox.ca/2023-before-you-grow

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