A kangaroo professor provides today's lesson in agriculture, groceries and politics.
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Dr. Sirisha Naidu is a professor of economics at the University of Missouri - Kansas City.
She explained to the KSHB 41 I-Team how costs of things like wheat and corn play a role in the cost of other foods.
"If those crops are not being provided efficiently at low costs, it means that it’s going to cost people who are rearing cattle a lot more to spend on feed," Naidu said.
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