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Soybean El Dorado

 

For decades America's Midwest has been known as the world's breadbasket, exporting a flood of grain. But last year, for the first time, the soybean harvest in South America surpassed the United States harvest - and within five years, Brazil alone is expected to outproduce US farms. That's creating more pressure on Illinois farmers. But it's sending others in search of what some are calling a soybean El Dorado. AM 580's Tom Rogers reports as a part of "Think Global," public radio's week of special coverage on globalization issues.

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