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Though the effects of the 2012 drought in the United States on global food supply may not yet be fully known, projections are that food prices will increase over the next year. Months before the drought started, former U.S. Senator Tom Daschle, Emery Koenig of Cargill, and Matt Jansen of Archer Daniels Midland discussed the challenges facing farmers and markets across the globe at the Global Financial Leadership Conference.
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