He's also served for 20 years as chairman of Techno Serve, a nonprofit with a staff of 800 who impart advanced production techniques to business owners.

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Although some say that these predictions are thereby discredited, it was just an estimate and production techniques have become far more advanced.

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Corn producers who already had irrigation systems and were using more advanced techniques, notably in the north of the country, have increased their production.

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