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Sara Menker's answer to What does the future hold for machine learning/AI within the agricultural sector? - Quora
Take, for example, pork prices in China, which have more than doubled this year. The retroactive explanation seems simple. An outbreak of African swine fever has dramatically reduced the supply of Chinese pigs, driving more price-sensitive buyers out of the market. But price forecasting is seldom so simple, particularly over long-term periods. To predict Chinese pork prices over several years, you would first need to solve several component problems which are all interrelated.