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  • U of I economist: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could devastate global grain markets

    Mar 3, 2022 12:15 pm by BloombergIllinois in the News
    harvesting wheat in a Russian field. Photo by Ilya Naimushin/Sputnik

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    Bloomberg (March 2) – With tens of millions of acres of grain production at stake, 'I am convinced it is going to be the biggest supply shock to global grain markets in my lifetime,' says Scott Irwin, an agricultural economist at the U. of I.