Once the molds get a foothold, poor storage conditions also promote their post-harvest growth on grain.
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When inflation rose last year, she imposed temporary controls on grain exports, for example.
According to the Argentine Health Ministry, it contained a Chinese carbonate-based pesticide commonly used on grain fields.
In emerging nations, meat consumption is on the rise, which also puts pressure on grain and land prices.
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And the Arabs, who depend heavily on grain imports, get themselves worked up.
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The birds were thought to have escaped from nearby allotments and lived as a colony, surviving on grain from a nearby maltings.
Despite Russia's ban on grain exports, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization last week played down fears of a food crisis, saying it was "not justified at this point".
Even if you are a staunch proponent of U.S. biofuel policy, it is hard to argue that the current subsidy on grain ethanol serves the purpose it was designed to serve.
In response to local concerns about the loss of critical food supplies, several governments have imposed taxes or other restrictions on exports: on a key ingredient of fertiliser in China, on grain in Argentina, on rice in India.
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Sitting at room temperature, wild yeasts in the air and on the grain settle into the mix.
Karl Setzer, commodity trading adviser at MaxYield Cooperative in Iowa, said the gain the dollar had a significant impact on the grain markets, which were already in a downtrend.
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Many food executives had hoped that southern hemisphere farmers would try to cash in on high grain prices by growing bigger crops over the next several months, but weather problems are plaguing growers in several countries.
The contract, which allows participants to lock in prices rather than having to pay the going rate at the time they need apples, started trading on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange Inc. on Aug. 13 and was listed on CME Group Inc.
Petrela, a 36 year old Canadian citizen, who used to buy farmland for George Soros in Argentina, is focusing on the grain belt in southern Canada, which can be acquired for a 25% discount than the roughly same land in northern United States.
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On the great Grain Race, he was almost washed away in a hurricane.
Louis, stuck with moving around sacks of grain on its waterfront when Chicago could load railcars and ships, could not compete on transaction costs.
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Other near-perfect snacks are carrot sticks and hummus, low-fat or air-popped popcorn sprinkled with parmesan cheese, cantaloupe melon wedges wrapped in smoked salmon and low-fat cheese on whole-grain crackers.
Agricultural experts have suggested that fruit trees replace grain on the terraced Himalayan hillsides, but it is far from obvious that fruit would yield poor farmers a better return.
He initially failed to remove the blockage but when it did clear both of his legs almost immediately became trapped and he was stuck with the weight of the grain on top of him.
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Fertilizer, like many commodities, rises and falls dramatically in price, and the volume sold varies wildly from year-to-year, too, as farmers load up on nutrients in anticipation of strong grain prices, and ease up on the stuff when they expect corn and soybean prices to be lower.
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It's true that McCain built a career on going against the grain, and good for him.
Notably, Kraft, Kellogg and Nestle were quick to pass their increased costs on to consumers when grain prices climbed.
There's an inescapable urge to look everywhere but straight ahead while in Epic's Citadel world, even if the wood grain textures on the buildings were a bit more muddy than we'd like.
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The Russian Grain Union on Monday lowered its forecast for the 2010 harvest to between 72 million and 78 million metric tons, helping boost Chicago wheat futures to the highest level in 22 months.
There have also been three different plans to build airports in the Thames estuary - a floating airport designed by architects Gensier, another plan known as Boris Island after it was backed by London mayor Boris Johnson, and proposals for a hub airport on the Isle of Grain designed by architect Norman Foster.
Its biggest rivals, meanwhile, have gone against the grain by embarking on a summer arms race, stacking their rosters with big-ticket signings.
If thousands of people owned the team, any individual divorces would have been a mere grain of sand on the beach line of corporate operations.
Poor grain harvests blamed on the storms have pushed up flour prices, and will partly offset the effects of the sales rise, the spokesman said.
Grey leather with a graphically applied grain is used on the backs of the front seats, among other places, and continues the idea of patterns flowing over from other surfaces.
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