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This paper focuses on the relationship between agriculture and water quantity in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin and analyzes historical trends in water balance and lake level fluctuations, ecological and ecosystem changes over time, current water uses, agricultural production and water use/efficiency in agriculture, water use policy, legislation, international trade implications, and cumulative impacts of reduced water levels resulting from potential future conditions. It explores perceived gaps in knowledge, outlines a research agenda for agriculture, trade, and water quantity management based on workshop recommendations, and finally makes recommendations for improved water quantity management that account for the role of agriculture to water availability and use.