12 Things Farmers Need To Know About The World

By: Betsy Freese

Geopolitical strategist Peter Zeihan helps ag industry leaders understand how the realities of geography, populations, and politics impact markets and economic trends. He recently spoke to an executive summit of Midwest farmers sponsored by Farm Credit Services of America. Here are 12 of the main questions and concerns he addressed.

1. How will the current U.S. political unrest affect us around the world?

Our two-party political system is currently off line, and it will take a decade or more to rectify. The last time something like this happened it took the Great Depression and World War II to change it. For the next decade, our political system, at best, is on cruise control.