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Re:A world grain shortage puts tens of millions at risk by photon12 on Saturday May 21, 2022 @07:19PM (#31463115)
This is highly dependent on the area. My family has a background in wheat farming, I grew up in an area with a lot of family wheat farms, and if you are in an area with good soil and the weather is good you can make a lot of money on a wheat crop even in so-so international wheat price conditions.

They rotate in other crops for soil balance but YMMV in terms of wheat profits.

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Re:A world grain shortage puts tens of millions at risk by goodcanadian on Saturday May 21, 2022 @07:28PM (#31463196)
Fair enough, different crops do better in different areas. In your case, for reasons of crop rotation (which you mentioned), they are still unlikely to be able to substantially increase wheat production. Farming is one of the most "free market" industries out there. In most cases, everything is already highly optimised.
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