grain prices

A huge run-up in grain prices is enough to make bakers rethink their traditional definition of a dozen.

One of the aims of the new guidelines is to allow the market forces of demand and supply, not the central government, to set grain prices.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Just a year ago the debate about grain prices was simple: how high was high?

China is not the only country to feel the impact of increased ethanol production on grain prices.

"Soaring grain prices have brought food inflation back to centre stage, " said Joachim Fels of Morgan Stanley in London.

"An increase in grain prices impacts us because we are a major procurer of grain for food, " she said.

Some governments and agriculture experts have this advice to help people deal with high grain prices , eat more potatoes .

Some governments and agricultural experts have this advice to help people deal with high grain prices-- eat more potatoes.

China has its own problems keeping runaway grain prices under control, which means it cannot afford to be as generous this year.

Thecombination of poor harvests and low grain prices drove thousands of farmers off the land.

The global spike in grain prices over the past year is in large part due to the impact on grain supplies of the growing demand for meat.

Grain prices also have been nudged higher by drought in Russia, planting problems around the world and speculative trading.

Increased export taxes depress domestic grain prices since the local value is determined by subtracting the tax rate from export prices.

Some of the questions include: How will governments deal with an extended period of volatile grain prices?

Falling grain prices have taken some pressure off producers, he said, but not enough.

it has driven up grain prices and made them more volatile by reducing stocks.

al experts have this advice to help people deal with high grain prices: eat more potatoes.

Now, as world grain prices hover near record highs, a new study finds that the effects are already starting to be felt.

Li, in her article on Zhili, uses grain prices to test the impact of crises in several different ways.

Others say the main cause is the surge in global grain prices, which have increased the cost of feed for pigs.

Global grain prices, and the knock-on effects of high feed costs, have also done their bit to put farmers in the red.

But in 2008, when grain prices again started to spiral upward, history began to repeat itself.

The latest interest rates hikes were triggered largely by the concern about higher inflation rates, which were mainly led by grain prices.

Beijing has been wary of grain prices rising too fast and of the excessive use of basic agricultural commodities for non-food purposes.

As a small, but growing, net exporter of wheat, maize and rice, China has, if anything, helped to ease world grain prices.

Instead, it was a surge in energy and grain prices in the second quarter of 2008, which caused turkey farmers to cut back on production.

's grain prices have been low for years, dampening farmers' enthusiasm to produce grain.

Libya abolished taxes and customs duties on food products, and Morocco tried to offset a surge in grain prices.

The higher wholesale prices don't have anything to do with the recent uptick in grain prices, says Harvey.

At the macro policy and the role of high grain prices stable, the wheat area of steady growth throughout the county.

That does not mean Asian governments are unconcerned about rising grain prices.

Away from my hometown that day onwards, this worried about with the good times and bad, high and low grain prices and the ups and downs.

That's driven up grain prices, which in turn boost the cost of chicken, steak, bread and pasta.

In Britain, rising grain prices have already undermined the profitability of poultry and livestock farms.

Environmentalists blamed high grain prices for triggering an expansion of farming and ranching.

However, since the end of 2006, China's grain prices have continued a clear rise.

High grain prices also have helped to drive up the cost of pork, a staple in the Chinese diet.

Grain prices rose and opium farmers protested against the campaign to eradicate the drug.

The CFTC's economist plans to state at the hearing that the agency doesn't believe financial investors are driving up grain prices.

And while grain prices have picked up, drought has once again brought billions of dollars of losses to farms and ranches.

Yet manufactured-good prices are under control, while the cost of meat and oil is stable even though grain prices have soared.

For grain prices to fall, Mr Currie argues, either governments must pull the plug on biofuels programmes, or the oil price must fall.

The drought won't lead to surging grain prices or pose a threat to the security of the nation's grain supplies, he added.

Some non-governmental organisations want a moratorium on ethanol output, saying this would cut grain prices by 20%.

This is especially true this time of year when grain prices often correct once planting is complete.

For years government subsidies held down grain prices, making food cheaper.

Grain prices can provide insight into the functioning of markets.

Grain prices are rising and prices for petroleum and other primary products remain high in the international market.

Grain prices on the international markets already reflect the huge crop losses in that country and in Russia.

It takes about six months for higher grain prices to translate to higher cattle and hog prices.

The Chinese cabinet has ordered local departments to ensure a sufficient supply of grain in face of rising grain prices.

Protesting farmers have demanded the government roll back or modify the tax measures, which link levies to soaring global grain prices.

In the past year North Korean farms suffered devastating floods and grain prices increased four times.

"The agency doesn't believe financial investors are driving up grain prices" ? ! ?

Meanwhile, high grain prices are persuading people to clear forests to plant more maize.

Some governments and agriculture expertshavethis advicetohelp people deal withhigh grain prices, eat more potatoes.

Inevitably, the huge loss of grain for food caused by its diversion into ethanol has had an impact on world grain prices.

Support for biofuels is pushing up grain prices.

Poor weather contributed to a 10. 7% on-year rise in grain prices in April.

Both record oil prices and grain prices in some countries shows that power.

It isn't just the greens either. Grain prices jumped nearly 12%, and eggs almost 8%.

What is more, grain prices have tripled in the past year, easily outstripping world prices.

We can also use grain prices to examine the short-term fluctuations in periods of crises.

Given broad stability of grain prices, significant further acceleration in food price inflation is unlikely; and

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