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U.S. Weather Woes May Mean Higher Food Prices With corn fields under water and wheat withering in Western heat, grain prices could soon soar, boosting already high worldwide food costs |
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Global Food Trends Last year, for the third year in four, world per-capita grain production fell. Even more disturbing in a world where people still go hungry, at 294 kilograms, last year's per capita grain yield was the lowest in more than 30 years. |
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Ethanol Juggernaut Diverts Corn from Food to Fuel Corn feeds the production of meat and dairy goods in the United States, so those products are likely to increase in price as ethanol fuel demands more of the country's corn supply. |
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The Motley Fool
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Friday's ETF to Watch: Corn ETF (CORN) The U.S.D.A.'s crop report puts this ETF in focus. |
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There's No Food Shortage Yet Record commodity prices and fears of food shortages are driving food to the front page of newspapers. |
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Sweeter Sweet Corn Sugary, enhanced varieties stay sweet longer on the stalk and in the kitchen. |
Geotimes
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Climate Kick-Started Agriculture Researchers examined charcoal and plant microfossils in the Balsas Valley in southern Mexico to determine when agriculture began there. |
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Inside the CORN ETF Perk up your ears for tips on how to play this commodity-specific fund. |
Chemistry World
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GM maize poised for approval in Europe The European commission is on the verge of authorizing a genetically modified maize for cultivation after ministers from EU member nations last week failed to muster a large enough majority to reject the crop. |
The Motley Fool
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Don't Let Your Portfolio Get Wished Into the Cornfield High corn prices are crushing profits in certain industries. |
Chemistry World
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Germany bans GM maize Germany's decision to ban cultivation of a strain of genetically modified maize has triggered sharp criticism from German scientists and the European chemicals industry. |
