Filburn, from 1942, the Court said that the federal government could regulate the amount of wheat grown on a farm, even if none of the wheat was sold across state lines, or even if no wheat was sold at all.

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Farmers started protesting after the government imposed higher taxes on soybean exports from 35% to 45% and placed new taxes on other farm exports, including wheat.

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Filburn was growing wheat soley for use on his own farm.

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At the event, USDA chief economist Joseph Glauber warned of record farm prices for corn, wheat, and soyabeans for 2011, and resulting US food inflation of at least 4% this year and next as prices work their way through the supply chain.

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As well as increasing aid to wheat and cotton farmers, the package diversifies farm aid to cover producers of milk, lentils, honey, chickpeas, mohair and other products.

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Used to make noodles and pastries, some soft white wheat was found to be genetically modified on a farm in Oregon.

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What we should have been trying to do in this farm bill cycle, I think, is adjust so that corn and wheat and soy bean farmers who are making good money in the marketplace, they should have gotten less money than they're going to get.

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Kopic is a 25-year-old entrepreneur who grew up on a farm in Viljevo, Croatia, a village surrounded by fields of corn, wheat and soybeans, and plenty of goats.

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Outside of the cities, farm-related growth jumped 13% as production of goods such as beef and wheat started getting back to normal.

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