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Food shortages loom as wheat crop shrinks and prices rise »

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Experts blame climate change as heatwaves caused a slump in harvests last year in eastern Europe, Canada, Morocco and Australia, all big wheat producers. Booming populations and a switch to a meat-rich diet in the developing world also mean that about 110m tons of the world's annual wheat crop is being diverted to feed livestock.

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berkeley
Feb. 26, 2008, 1:13 a.m.
the world supply is about ten weeks, the lowest in 50 years.
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BoxMonkey
Feb. 27, 2008, 1:20 a.m.
This too will widen the gap between the haves and have nots .We could use another George Washington Carver and soon .
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BoxMonkey
Feb. 27, 2008, 6:57 p.m.
kludlow , you are too funny . My buddy used ethanol for his Ford [ugh] Ranger because it was half the price of gas . But , he used twice as much . So there is no savings there . Your third post is what I was gonna say originally . As far as global warming goes , it's minus 8 in the northeast where I'm at and we just got dumped on again with another 18 inches of snow . Global warming my ass .
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tehranchik
Feb. 27, 2008, 2:52 a.m.
Since when is beer a basic food?