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USDA reports flooding cuts corn acres
DES MOINES, Iowa - Farmers will harvest nearly 9 percent fewer acres of corn this year than last year, in part because of Midwest flooding that has damaged a portion of the crop, the government reported Monday.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2008 U.S. Midwest Flood Source:(AP)
2008-06-30
Record corn prices mean more expensive meat, dairy
NEW YORK - Raging Midwest floodwaters that swallowed crops and sent corn and soybean prices soaring are about to give consumers more grief at the grocery store.
Activities:Global Food Crisis Source:(AP)
2008-06-22
U.S. urged to consider effect of ethanol on the poor
The United States should consider spiraling food prices that hurt the world's poor when it sets policies that are funneling much of its corn crop into biofuel production, the World Bank said on Wednesday.
Nations:Mexico People:Robert Zoellick George W. Bush Activities:Global Food Crisis
2008-05-08
Corn hits $6 a bushel on tight supplies
Corn prices jumped to a record $6 a bushel Thursday, driven up by an expected supply shortfall that will only add to Americans' growing grocery bill and further squeeze struggling ethanol producers.
Nations:U.S. People:Michael Jackson
2008-04-03
Less corn could mean higher food prices
From chicken nuggets to corn flakes, food prices at grocery stores and dinner tables could be headed even higher as farmers cut back on the land they're planting in corn this spring.
2008-03-31
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