根据预测本年度美国玉米产量将不尽人意，于是玉米价格一路攀升至每蒲式耳6美元。
The price of maize (corn) headed towards $6 a bushel, as estimates suggested that this year’s harvest in America will be disappointing.
但是，在2005年1月，一蒲式耳的玉米仅为2.12美元，但上星期五芝加哥期货交易所收盘时，每蒲式耳的玉米价格为5.97美元。
Still, a bushel of corn that sold for two dollars and 12 cents in January, 2005 went for almost six dollars ($5.97 on the Chicago Board of Trade) at Friday's close.
当时油价还处在每桶70美元区间，金价每盎司670美元（本周一金价报821.50美元），当时玉米价格为每蒲式耳3.33美元（本周一时报4.97美元）。
Then, oil was still in the $70-per-barrel range, gold was $670 an ounce compared with Monday's $821.50 and corn was at $3.33 a bushel compared with $4.97 Monday.
小麦价格飙升，9月份交割的小麦期货周三触及每蒲式耳7.11美元，较6月低点大涨58%，这令人不禁担心2008年那种因食物短缺而引发的骚乱有可能重演，但真正的问题可能是价格波动风险和通胀。
Soaring wheat prices -- September futures hit $7.11 a bushel Wednesday, up 58% from June lows -- are triggering fears of a repeat of 2008's food riots.
洪水引起的农作物损失促使谷物达到每蒲式耳8美元，是2005年价格的三倍。
Crop losses caused by the floods helped push corn over eight dollars a bushel, triple its price in 2005.
他预测2012年玉米平均价格为5.25美元每蒲式耳，小麦6.5美元左右，大豆接近11美元。
He foresaw average corn prices of $5.25 a bushel through 2012, with wheat around $6.50 and soybeans near $11.
他预测2012年玉米平均价格为5.25美元每蒲式耳，小麦6.5美元左右，大豆接近11美元。
He foresaw average corn prices of $5.25 a bushel through 2012, with wheat around $6.50 and soybeans near $11.
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