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How Midwest farmers help feed the world

Amy Mayer/IPR

The United States is the world’s leading corn producer and exporter, supporting the increasing demand for meat in China, India and other countries with growing middle classes.  Those countries import livestock feed made from Midwestern grain. But as Iowa Public Radio’s Amy Mayer reports with Harvest Public Media, feeding the world will take more than shipping protein overseas. 

Amy Mayer is a reporter based in Ames