And after two bumper years, the government says it has enough wheat and rice in store to prevent serious food-grain price inflation.
It is now clear that it was not ethanol that drove up the price of grain, and therefore the price of food.
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Nor, even, was a succession of disastrous harvests that battered wages and drove up the price of grain.
But the acts weren't the reason, nor was a succession of disastrous harvests that battered wages and drove up the price of grain.
The US, France and Mexico have said they may convene an emergency meeting at the end of August to address the high price of grain.
In April, Texas Governor Rick Perry asked the EPA to reduce the total number of gallons of ethanol required to be blended into gasoline sold in the United States until 2010, arguing that biofuels production had increased the price of grain by diverting a huge share of the nation's corn harvest to ethanol production.
Any big price moves in the grain futures markets Friday may spill over into other commodity markets, including gold and silver.
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This is because the strain on subsidies is bound to increase as the government usually raises the state-assured prices paid to farmers every year for procuring food grain stocks, while the supply price would remain frozen under the proposed law, he added.
Jack Scoville, vice president, Price Futures Group, said the grain markets will remain very volatile for the next few months as weather extremes could sharply skew the yields for corn and soybeans.
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With upcoming pressure from grain and meat prices, those categories, especially price, become increasingly important.
As prices fell, the government bought grain or paid farmers to store it, creating a price floor.
The grain futures markets are also starting to turn around their recent bearish price trends as the new year unfolds.
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If the drought were more severe, pushing grain prices up an additional 30%, then we could expect to see food price inflation to peak around 7.5%, according to Barclays.
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Some now argue that it's a cause of financial instability as the international super-rich shift their wealth around the world, increasing volatility in the price of gold, equities, government debt or basic commodities such as copper and grain.
About 7, 000 cases have been filed by long-grain rice farmers seeking to recoup income they claim they lost as a result of the drop in market price for rice.
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