Grain and Food prices compel hoarding

by | | whole Wheat

In a recent news article on ‘Bloomberg.com: Worldwide’ there is this breakdown of two categories of grain price increase: Milling wheat for November delivery on the Euronext.liffe exchange in Paris climbed 7.50 euros, or 4 percent, to 197.50 euros ($312) a...

Views differ on cause of rising food prices

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Several months ago, in fact almost a year ago, our household began to notice trends and almost foresee that there was a looming shortage of food even in the ‘civilized Western World’ or at best the signs of pending inflation of food prices.  It is no...

Food shortage and food prices – the long haul.

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In an April 7th, article of the New York Times, the author ends with these words after going down the list of causes both in and out of our control about the shortage of food: “But it’s not clear how much can be done. Cheap food, like cheap oil, may be a thing...

Wheat prices have increased, now what?

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There are many factors to the increase of wheat prices in America. Here are just a few: · We are now importing wheat – whereas we used to be wheat exporters. · We have paid farmers to switch from edible crops to ‘burnable’ crops for fuel · We are...

Food rationing hits home.

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In an article in the New York Sun, Josh Gershtein wrote a few very interesting and quotable remarks: “Many parts of America, long considered the breadbasket of the world, are now confronting a once unthinkable phenomenon: food rationing.”...

Food Crisis: Increase animal protein and grain

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In a recent editorial in the New York Times, there is a write up about the World Food Crisis.  A small blurb from this editorial states: “The United States and other developed countries need to step up to the plate. The rise in food prices is partly because of...

Wheat and Grain crops in crisis.

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In October 2007 scientists and researchers met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and established an early warning system to check the spread of stem rust. A survey system was then set up that would help researchers track and identify the spread of the fungus The Bill Gates...