Max Armstrong shares insight from a recent conversation about the impact of urban sprawl and the need to feed a growing population. One answer is that yields are rising; and Max offers perspective on the continued rise of yields in recent history. The rise has been constant, will new tech make a difference?

Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

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