Soaring wheat prices -- September futures hit $7.11 a bushel Wednesday, up 58% from June lows -- are triggering fears of a repeat of 2008's food riots.

小麦价格飙升，9月份交割的小麦期货周三触及每蒲式耳7.11美元，较6月低点大涨58%，这令人不禁担心2008年那种因食物短缺而引发的骚乱有可能重演，但真正的问题可能是价格波动风险和通胀。

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He foresaw average corn prices of $5.25 a bushel through 2012, with wheat around $6.50 and soybeans near $11.

他预测2012年玉米平均价格为5.25美元每蒲式耳，小麦6.5美元左右，大豆接近11美元。

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The government's purchase of some 80 million bushels of wheat will help farmers by raising prices as much as 13 cents a bushel, said Clinton during his weekly radio address.

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