Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), the shipbuilding arm of Mitsubishi, has developed a new grain ship able to reduce CO2 emissions by blowing bubbles.

FORBES: Archer Daniels Midland & Mitsubishi Team Up To Blow Bubbles

They have uncovered evidence that sophisticated ways of storing grain had been developed well before cereals were actually domesticated.

ECONOMIST: The earliest granaries

The environmentally friendly polymer was developed by a joint venture between Dow and the grain-trading giant Cargill.

FORBES: Chemical Transformation

As for the western states' mineral and farm exports, they will surely grow over time as less developed Asian countries such as China, Vietnam and Indonesia increasingly industrialise and switch to more meat and grain in their diets.

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