31 days ago by Earth Policy Institute

By Janet Larsen The world’s farmers produced more grain in 2011 than ever before. Estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture show the global grain harvest coming in at 2,295 million tons, up 53 million tons from the previous record in 2009. Consumption grew by 90 million tons over the same pe ...

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153 days ago by Brazil Institute

Prensa Latina, 09/10/2011 Brazil harvested a record 162.90 million tons of grains in 2010/2011, according to the latest figures of the National Supply Company (CONAB) released in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. The figure, including cereals, leguminous and oleaginous plants, is 9.2 above the previous harv ...

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184 days ago by thestatedtruth.com

The USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) just threw a wrench into any chance of lower food prices as U.S. corn reserves (as of August 2012) are expected to be at the lowest levels since the mid-1990′s. One thing is for sure….more inflation is coming to a store near you! Wells Fargo says to ...

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193 days ago by Ethical Markets

The thin layer of topsoil that covers much of the earth’s land surface is the foundation of civilization. As long as soil erosion on cropland does not exceed new soil formation, all is well. But once it does, it leads to falling soil fertility and eventually to land abandonment. As countries lose th ...

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