By Chris Bennett
Ag Web
American agriculture silently is watching the greatest disappearing act in world history. China, the biggest food importer on the planet, is entering the real-time throes of a potentially devastating population crash and the effect could be immense for U.S. farmers.
China has broken every branch on its family tree without need of war, cataclysm, or disease via 40 years of adherence to a self-imposed one-child policy. According to multiple estimates, China’s populace may dwindle from the current 1.3-1.4 billion to 1 billion by 2050 and a near unthinkable 494 million by 2100.