Could the diets and food choices often advertised as “heart healthy” actually cause heart disease and other health problems? Yes. And the science is actually quite straightforward, having been sorted out in detail over the past 30 years. All the tragic and misguided dietary advice surrounding heart health, early clinical studies from the 1950s and 1960s when…
World Food Prices Rise for First Time in a Year: FAO
The world price index of the United Nations food agency increased in April this year for the first time since April 2022, but it is still 20 percent lower than a March 2022 peak after the war in Ukraine started. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) price index, which tracks the most globally traded food…
Einkorn: The Forgotten First Wheat
The ancient grain einkorn, unlike modern wheat, has never been hybridized, making it easily digestible, extra nutritious, and suitable for people with gluten sensitivity. The ancient grain einkorn, likely a dietary staple of early humans, is making a comeback as many modern humans seek to return to a diet including more nutrient-dense heritage foods. Since…
End of Cheap Money for US Farmers Plows Trouble Into Food Production
November 24, 2022
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CHICAGO—Montana farmer Sarah Degn had big plans to invest the healthy profits she gleaned for her soybeans and wheat this year into upgrading her planter or buying a new storage bin. But those plans have gone by the wayside. Everything Degn needs to farm is more expensive—and for the first time in her five-year career,…
NSW Floods Cause $190 Million Crop Damage
Australian wheat farmers expect the bill from flooding rain that has wiped out wheat crops in the northwest of New South Wales (NSW) to reach hundreds of millions of dollars. Agronomists have estimated “conservative” losses of 120,000 hectares of wheat with an estimated value up to $192 million as a result of widespread flooding in…
Wheat Prices Surge After Russian Missiles Strike Odesa Following Grain Deal
Wheat prices rose on Monday shortly after Russian forces struck the southern Ukrainian port of Odesa. Chicago wheat futures surged as much as 4.6 percent, before dropping to trade 3.1 percent higher at $7.82 1/4 a bushel by 3:21 p.m. in Singapore. Corn futures rose as much as 2.8 percent on Monday before seeing a decline in gains…
Desperate Chinese Property Developer Willing to ‘Swap Wheat for House’
June 22, 2022
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HONG KONG—A desperate developer in China’s softening property market is coming up with a novel promotion to attract buyers, recently offering to take wheat and garlic as down payments. One advertisement of Henan-based Central China Real Estate that had “swap wheat for house” in the title says buyers can use the crop, priced at 2…
US Wheat Crop Hit by Dry Winter Then Soggy Spring, Adding to Global Tightness
May 31, 2022
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North Dakota farmer Dwight Grotberg wanted to plant more wheat this spring to capitalize on soaring prices since Ukraine’s war cut grain exports and left the world short of millions of tons of wheat supply. Heavy rain has prevented Grotberg from planting as much wheat crop as he wanted and is hampering farmers across the…
Analyst Warns World Has Just ’10 Weeks’ of Wheat Supplies Left in Storage
A food insecurity expert said the world has only about 10 weeks of wheat supplies left in storage amid the conflict in Ukraine and as India has moved to bar exports of wheat in recent weeks. Sara Menker, the CEO of agriculture analytics firm Gro Intelligence, told the United Nations Security Council that the Russia–Ukraine…
Analyst Warns World Has Just ‘Ten Weeks’ of Wheat Supplies Left in Storage
A food insecurity expert said the world has only about 10 weeks of wheat supplies left in storage amid the conflict in Ukraine and as India has moved to bar exports of wheat in recent weeks. Sara Menker, the CEO of agriculture analytics firm Gro Intelligence, told the United Nations Security Council that the Russia–Ukraine…
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