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Really big
1. Big populations
95% of the world’s population lives outside North America
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millions of people, July 2007 estimates
Population growth 2005 to 2015
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Population density
2. Big economies
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) real growth rate, 2006 estimates
Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 2006 estimates
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, 2006 estimates
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millions of additional households with income greater than $20,000
10 largest economies (GDP rank)
3. Big demand
Animal products food supply: protein grams/person/day
Trend in US protein consumption: flat
Pork consumption growth
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Chicken consumption growth
Beef consumption growth
Religion in India
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Corn consumption growth
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millions of metric tons
Soybean consumption growth
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millions of metric tons
Population vs. arable land
Average farm size (hectares)
Several brands of Indian tractors
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So what does this mean to you?
Top 10 ag exporting states, 2006
Iowa agricultural exports
Iowa’s state export rankings, 2006
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