He says the grain trucks afford the best place to hide.

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"Always shave with the grain, " he says.

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For a start, the harvest did bring in 40m tons of grain, and the government (it says) has another 20m in its reserves.

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Prof Steven Sherwood, from the University of New South Wales, says the conclusion about the oceans needs to be taken with a grain of salt for now.

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The stage is set, Grice says, for a permanent step up in grain prices, just as oil prices jumped following the 1973 Arab oil embargo.

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To appeal to more health-conscious Americans, Hostess launched a line of whole-grain breads called Nature's Pride that the company says has been selling well, but it is a small product line compared with rival offerings.

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Well, we're getting closer to another Stevenote and the Apple rumor mill is at full tilt, so take this one with a huge grain of salt, but the team over at AppleInsider says they "sincerely believe" that the Mac Mini is about to be discontinued.

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Kraig Lindsay says things also have slowed at the Offerle Cooperative Grain Elevator in Bucklin, which he manages.

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The problem: It takes so much grain and other resources to produce meat, he says.

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In parts of Chad, Oxfam says, some villagers are digging up ant hills to gather grain that the ants have stored.

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And after two bumper years, the government says it has enough wheat and rice in store to prevent serious food-grain price inflation.

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The world situation is more extreme: the USDA says global food prices rose 25% last year, and set a record in January as world grain inventories suffered an estimated 13% decline.

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"There are a lot of products out there that use tricky wording so you believe it's whole grain when it's not, " says Cynthia Harriman, director of food and nutrition strategies at the Whole Grains Council, a subsidiary of the nonprofit food advocacy group Oldways Preservation Trust.

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