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  • August 2008

    • Indian State Recommends Eating Rats

      Reuters  |  Aug 18, 08 12:47 PM CDT

      Indian State Recommends Eating Rats

      (Newser) - Faced with high food prices and ebbing grain reserves, officials in the Indian state of Bihar have endorsed the consumption of rats, Reuters reports. The state government sees the strategy as a way to reduce the pest population as well as curb the demand for grain, and has even proposed that restaurants start offering the rodents. More »

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      India  • food  • food prices  • hunger  • rats  • famine  • grain

    • Producers Quick to Pass Price Hikes Down Food Chain

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 8, 08 1:01 PM CDT

      Producers Quick to Pass Price Hikes Down Food Chain

      (Newser) - Soaring grain and energy costs are driving food prices skyward, and big producers are moving to pass price hikes down the food chain to consumers on everything from cereal to meat, the Wall Street Journal reports. And costs won’t likely decrease, with biofuel demand eating up more corn than ever and livestock herds being thinned in response to the higher price of grain. More »

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      recession  • food prices  • meat  • energy costs  • grain  • agricultural economy  • food production  • General Mills  • corn shock

  • June 2008

    • Floods Ruin Midwest Economy

      MSNBC  |  Jun 20, 08 2:30 PM CDT

      Floods Ruin Midwest Economy

      (Newser) - The floods ravaging the Midwest are taking a catastrophic toll on the region's farmers, and consumers across the country will feel the pinch in higher food prices, MSNBC reports. Even if waters recede quickly, farmers will lose a sizable chunk of the season—they need about 120 growing days—and it may take some farms years to recover. Summed up an official in Illinois: “Livestock was affected. Farmhouses were affected. Machinery was affected, and the land was affected.” More »

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      flood  • food prices  • farming  • Midwest  • corn  • Midwest floods  • grain

    • Grain Prices Surge With Midwest Floods

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 14, 08 9:45 AM CDT

      Grain Prices Surge With Midwest Floods

      (Newser) - The floods inundating the Midwest are pushing grain prices to new highs, the Wall Street Journal reports. Corn prices jumped 10% to a record high last week as farmland flooded. The domino effects will hit the ethanol industry, hog farmers, and even owners of catfish ponds who rely on corn to feed the fish. Food prices are now forecast to keep climbing for years. More »

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      Iowa  • flood  • ethanol  • flooding  • commodities  • Midwest  • corn  • crops  • farm  • grain  • farmland

  • March 2008

    • Corn May Be Recipe for Disaster

      Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 3, 08 12:05 PM CST

      Corn May Be Recipe for Disaster

      (Newser) - The US is becoming so dependent on corn that a drought would have catastrophic effects that would ripple throughout the economy, reports the LA Times. Corn is essential as staple livestock feed, artificial sweetener, and a basic component of ethanol. A "corn shock" could lead to $5 gas and $3.50 eggs, economists warn. "We are replacing price volatility from the Middle East with Midwestern weather price volatility," said one analyst. More »

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      US economy  • ethanol  • corn  • wheat  • grain  • corn shock  • corn belt  • Earth Policy Institute  • Soy  • corn syrup

  • February 2008

    • Pork Shortage Plagues China

      Newsweek  |  Feb 3, 08 6:09 PM CST

      Pork Shortage Plagues China

      (Newser) - Pigjacking is China's latest crime. Sounds like a joke? Crooks are scoffing the swine thanks to a boom economy and a pig shortage that has hogs highly valued. With a record winter storm stranding thousands and sparking unrest, Beijing is dipping into its official pork preserve—hoping to calm a country that gets 65% of its protein from porkers, Newsweek reports. More »

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      China  • US economy  • markets  • pork  • grain  • pig

  • September 2007

    • Market Forces Conspire Against English Breakfast

      Times (UK)  |  Sep 14, 07 8:37 AM CDT

      Market Forces Conspire Against English Breakfast

      (Newser) - Soaring wheat prices are rippling across the British economy and hitting hard in a very important place: the kitchen. The cost of a traditional full English breakfast is on the rise, reports the Times of London, thanks in large part to the price of the grain, which is integral not just to toast but also to animal feed. More »

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      wheat  • milk  • eggs  • grain  • shortage  • Britian  • groceries  • breakfast

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