The theme of my article that Food Logistics placed on their blog is a comparison of the yields during two comparable droughts in the past half century and the immense improvements in yields this year in spite of similar adverse growing conditions. The same land and essentially the same family farmers. Advanced technology has made the difference.
http://www.foodlogistics.com/blog/10757336/advanced-food-production-technologies-to-thank-for-keeping-the-drought-of-2012-at-bay
The efficient transportation and logistics form the largest cost in fast moving consumer goods. Managing better food logistics is strategic and complex.