Doctor David Kohl speaking at the Southwest Ag Conference in Ridgetown Jan. 6 2015 (Photo by Simon Crouch)  Doctor David Kohl speaking at the Southwest Ag Conference in Ridgetown Jan. 6 2015 (Photo by Simon Crouch)
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Ag Expert Preaches Global Awareness

An agriculture economics expert is encouraging farmers to pay attention to worldwide trends throughout 2015.

David Kohl is a professor at Virginia Tech, and says developing nations like Brazil are going to impact Canada's economy prices.

"Where they were growing at a 10% growth rate, it's slowing down into 4-6%. While North American economies are doing fairly well, these emerging nations such as Brazil, such as Europe, are in a slow down type of pattern."

Kohl was the keynote speaker at the Southwest Agricultural Conference in Ridgetown.

With files from Simon Crouch

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