Mr Verstegen, people all over the world are feeling the effects of climate change. It’s getting hotter, in many places the soil is exhausted and can hardly store any water, pests have an easy job. What does that mean for your industry? There have always been years that have been very hot and dry and others that have had a lot of rain. Farmers are used to such weather conditions. But of course we notice that the amplitudes change.

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