美国农业海岸如何解决全球粮食安全

美国的农业海岸正在扩大，领导着全球解决全球粮食安全问题。两国圣路易斯地区的战略地位于世界农业生产的中心，被公认为是农业技术（AGTECH）研究和谷物驳船处理能力的世界领导者。在未来30年内，随着世界人口预计将增长25％，超过100亿人口，对粮食的有效生产和流动的需求比以往任何时候都更为重要。

需要开会已成为圣路易斯地区三个经济发展组织 - 圣路易斯地区货运道，世界贸易中心和北39号的统一任务。他们的旨在通过在不断扩大的AG Coast脚印中培养生态系统来增加全球农业生产，该生态系统涵盖该地区无与伦比的人才，资本，设施，Agtech公司和生产商。

Currently, 50% of U.S. crops and livestock are produced within a 500-mile radius of the St. Louis region, including approximately 80% of corn and soybean acreage. As a result, the region boasts a strong grower community, highlighted by the National Corn Growers Association, United Soybean Board and American Soybean Association being headquartered in the region.

在近距离接近的情况下，领先的学术和研究机构以及提供大量技术和创新资源的大量AgTech公司。与食品的生产一样重要，将其遍及全球，圣路易斯地区有足够的能力来满足需求。

The region’s inland port system – ranked most efficient in the nation by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) – will facilitate the movement of commodities from America’s Heartland to countries with the most explosive growth.

Together, these assets position the St. Louis region as a global leader in food production and distribution, and the three collaborating economic development agencies are leveraging them to the meet the food scarcity challenge ahead.

Agtech世界领导者继续创造记录

圣路易斯地区因在全球范围内推进植物科学和AGTECH而受到国际认可，并吸引了1000多位博士学位，即植物科学家，这是世界上任何地方的最高集中度。专家为世界一流的研究机构做出了贡献，包括唐纳德·丹佛斯植物科学中心，密苏里州植物园和许多值得注意的学术机构。

领先的跨国公司，包括邦格北美and Nestle, are headquartered in the St. Louis region, which also is home to the North American headquarters of拜耳作物科学。

A growing number of small and midsize startups comprise a remarkable regional network of over 400 research and development agtech companies employing 15,000 people. The region also is home to multiple incubators and accelerators, as well as the St. Louis Agri-Business Club, a networking group for all the agricultural interests clustered in the region.

“We’re excited to be a part of the impressive agtech ecosystem that has been carefully cultivated in the St. Louis region,” said Janet Wilding, who heads the 39 North innovation district for the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership and is working to attract top talent worldwide. “It’s an ecosystem that is attracting both established and start-up companies, as well as significant investment. The innovation coming out of this ag center will have lasting implications as these companies and producers strive to dramatically increase food production to meet future needs.”

密苏里州是全国外国直接投资的第一州

The World Trade Center St. Louis (WTC) has been working to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and conducts regular ag-oriented trade missions. Research conducted for the WTC by Brookings, as part of the Global Cities Initiative, confirms the St. Louis region’s clear and distinct competitive advantage in attracting FDI is in agtech/food tech.

“That positioning can be leveraged to put the region front and center on the global stage as the lead player in addressing the issues of hunger and food security,” said Tim Nowak, Executive Director of the WTC. “As St. Louis’ global profile is raised, and more investors see the region’s strengths and advantages, opportunities to attract FDI will flourish.”

在拜耳与孟山都公司合并60B美元之后，密苏里州现在是全美外国直接投资的第一州，胜利继续。Recently, Bunge announced plans to relocate its global headquarters from New York to the St. Louis region as it seeks to leverage the ag production and distribution already concentrated in this area and the Mississippi River and its tributaries, which are key to the company’s export market. The region also recently attracted the North American headquarters of Centro de Tecnologia Canavieira (CTC), the world’s largest sugarcane technology company. Fast-growing Benson Hill Biosystems is also growing and building a new headquarters in the 39 North district.

Among the innovations coming out of the region are those related to plant productivity and resilience; nutrition/protein improvements, nutrient uptake, crop protection, advanced breeding technologies, water monitoring sensors, soil health, microbials, cover crops, genomic modeling, data analytics and more.

唐纳德·丹佛斯植物科学中心兼生物搜索与发展增长（BRDG）公园的首席运营官萨姆·菲奥雷洛（Sam Fiorello）说：“挑战是明确的，我们必须生产更多的食物和燃料，对自然资源和环境的影响更少。”“该地区的重点和成功发展我们的创新社区，包括人才，资本和关键基础设施，正在加快发现和新技术发展，这将使全球农民和消费者受益。”

美国农业海岸 - 从交通领导者靠近生产的运输领导者无与伦比的效率

As ag production increases, the Ag Coast of America will become increasingly important. At its core is a 15-mile section of the Mississippi River in the St. Louis region delivering the highest level of grain barge handling anywhere along the Mississippi River, providing the northernmost ice-free and lock-free access on the Mississippi River to and from the Gulf of Mexico. The latest data from the USACE reveals the St. Louis Regional Ports held onto the top ranking as the nation’s most efficient inland port district in terms of tons moved per river mile during 2017. The data further reveals the 70-mile St. Louis regional port system represents only 8% of the 855-mile section of the Mississippi River from Minneapolis, Minn., to the Ohio River near Cairo, Ill., yet carried 39% of the 2016 freight.

“The amount of river business in the St. Louis region has disproportionately increased over the past three decades,” said David Jump, President of the Cahokia, Ill.-based American Milling. He said that in addition to increasing demand in the industry for the transfer of grain, the bi-state region’s barge transfer facilities are earning recognition as a more cost-effective and efficient means to ship products to the Gulf Coast compared to other locations further north. “This region is a rail and interstate highway gateway,” added Jump. “It is more cost-effective to move commodities into, out of and through St. Louis by combinations of truck, rail and barge than points upstream on the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. Barge loading and unloading capacity has expanded in the St. Louis area to take advantage of these train rates and barge freight rate adjustments.”

According to Jump, the three highest capacity grain barge loading facilities in the entire inland waterway are located in Cahokia, Ill. They are operated by Consolidated Grain and Barge Company (CGB); Louis Dreyfus; and China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corporation (COFCO International).

“Our world class freight network is just one of the critical ingredients enabling the St. Louis region to take on the world’s food shortage,” said Mary Lamie, Bi-State Development’s Executive Vice President – Multi Modal Enterprises. “Through creativity and collaboration, we have maximized our strategic location for transportation and ag production and have built the talent pool, capital and research capabilities required to address food scarcity for the next 50 years. This level of cooperation and commitment from a region that includes two states and over 15 counties is unprecedented, and it is attracting other forward thinkers and businesses to our region to tackle this important global challenge.”

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