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> Could easily see Canada become the agricultural leader of North America.

The agricultural leaders of <anything> are countries that are nearly universally dirt-poor.



The Dutch disagree.

(Not just now, but also historically.)


Except that the Netherlands aren't rich because of their agriculture. They're rich and happend to be good at agriculture on the side as an added bonus.


Sounds like we are moving the goalposts now?

In any case, have a look at https://eh.net/encyclopedia/the-dutch-economy-in-the-golden-...

Agriculture has been important for the Dutch for a long, long time.

See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Agricultural_Revolutio... which arguably allowed Britain to become the wealthiest place on the planet for a while.


Ok, my mistake.


Then there's California, arguably North America's current agricultural leader.


California isn't rich because of agriculture. It's a rich state that happens to do some agriculture.


Illinois is 100% agriculture. All the tech from Schaumburg and Naperville (W. Chicago) has been hollowed out. It's still relatively rich as a state ... You are forgetting that until recently in Brazil the USA had double the agricultural productivity of any place else on Earth...


Chicago GDP = $619B IL GDP = $897B

Agriculture is a small fraction of what IL produces.




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