S – for Jun. 10, 2010

outh Africa’s food prices will rise gradually from 2011 partly as the economic recovery gains pace, increasing the likelihood of more protests, the Agricultural Business Chamber said June 2. Households, especially in the lower-income level, spend a large chunk of their income on food and higher food prices in recent years contributed to millions of

Suspicion Over Argentine Data Fans Farming Tensions

Missing government data on Argentina’s multibillion-dollar farming s ector is causing increasing frustration for farmers and grain traders in the agricultural powerhouse. Argentina is a top world supplier of soy, wheat, corn and beef but its farming industry is having to use private estimates as routine data from harvest forecasts to corn sales are pulled


Feed costs trigger inflation

U. S. food prices will rise by at least seven per cent in 2009 because of higher feed costs for chickens, hogs and cattle, said a group of food industry economists Nov. 6. It would be the third year in a row that food prices rose faster than the overall U. S. inflation rate. Food

UN food lines will grow

The UN food agency expects to feed around a third more hungry people next year, as the global financial crisis adds to the pressure of high food prices on poor nations, a top official said Oct. 15. Sheila Sisulu, deputy executive director at the UN World Food Program (WFP), said an increase of around 30