Cereal (rice, wheat, corn, etc) as it turns out, is wasted less than most other types of food.
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More recently they have been knocked for rises in wheat and corn prices.
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People may pay a lot more for their wheat and corn in dollars.
Notable here was the set-up of a three-tiered structure for programs on agricultural commodities like wheat, corn and grain.
Crops, such as wheat, corn, and especially soy, have come to occupy land that was once destined to cattle grazing.
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The Same report also noted that there are deep and liquid speculative markets in wheat and corn and very little in the way of such in rice.
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An OECD report suggests that there is little difference in volatility between exchange-traded agricultural commodities (such as wheat and corn) and non-exchange-traded ones (such as apples and onions).
Southern peanut and rice farmers are cross that Midwestern wheat and corn growers will do better than they will from the switch from direct payments to revenue guarantees.
These exchanged funds (ETFs) purchase a variety of agricultural commodity futures, and increases in the price of wheat, corn, cattle, and other food prices will benefit shareholders of these securities.
Sugar, wheat, corn, you name it, and it has probably seen some very bullish trade this year, but every pundit and his sister is forecasting higher food prices in 2011.
That, along with crop failures in Russia and, more recently, the UK, has helped to turn prices that once served as ceilings into floors for commodities like wheat and corn in the last two years.
If all of those acres we dedicate to exports, wheat, corn, soybean--99% of all acres are dedicated to exports in this country--if we convert those to ethanol and biodiesel, we can produce 1 billion barrels of biofuels.
About 250km (150 miles) to the north, in neighbouring Shanxi province, in Pingdong, a much poorer village, 250 people live along battered dirt roads, and try to grow wheat, corn, soyabeans and winter melon on the dry, rocky mountain land.
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With wheat, corn, and soybean prices going haywire, many fear a new phase of rampant food inflation, but analysts at Barclays suggest it will be more moderate than expected, feeding through to consumers gradually and with a relatively long lag.
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Known as "ancient grains, " thanks to the advanced age of the species (a cool 5, 000 years old in some cases) and because they've managed to evade the industrial grooming of modern crops like wheat and corn, these old-school strains have retained their unique personalities.
Although the process to produce ethanol from switchgrass was more complex than using food crops such as wheat or corn, the so-called "second generation" biofuel could produce much higher energy yields per tonne because it utilised the whole plant rather than just the seeds.
The flat fields to the north have more in common with the wheat- and corn-growing areas of the mid-west.
The appealing idea is that native plants like switchgrass and agricultural leftovers like wheat straw and corn stover could be turned into ethanol.
The appealing idea is that plants native to the U.S., like switchgrass, and agricultural leftovers like wheat straw and corn stover could be turned into ethanol.
Fossil fuels, similarly -- we are trying to target fossil fuels and design so that you get fossil -- biomass to replace fossil fuel, but biomass based on, for example, woody materials, based on agricultural waste like wheat straw, corn cobs -- agricultural waste, lumber waste residues -- that's very inexpensive feedstock.
That means farmers will be devastated and consumers could see higher prices at the grocery store for corn, soy and wheat products, as well as meat from animals raised on corn feed.
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Corn and wheat prices have both risen by about 45% in the past month alone.
Manufacturers had to lay people off, driving down demand for corn and wheat even further.
It is designed to imitate the futures market in commodities such as corn, wheat and steel.
At the end of February, corn and wheat prices were up 80% from year earlier prices.
The ship contains food items such as corn, wheat, soybean flour, vegetable oil and lentils.
Bowman grows corn, wheat and soybeans on his property in Sanborn, Indiana, about 100 miles from Indianapolis.
Prices for basic foodstuffs like corn and wheat remain below their 2008 highs.
Global production of corn, wheat and rice have all more than doubled since 1970 as global warming occurred.
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Bowman grows corn, wheat, and soybeans on 300 acres in Sandborn, Indiana.
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