Extreme weather causing Global Crop Loss

Started by Lunican, February 10, 2011, 10:30:57 AM

Lunican

QuoteExtreme weather pushes food prices higher

Among the economic havoc brought by this winter’s extreme weather, none has been more severe than the impact on the global food supply chain.

Over the past few years, rising global demand for crops and production shortfalls have whittled grain surpluses to historically low levels. As extreme weather continues to cut production, those surpluses have shrunk further and forced prices higher.

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