Sentences with phrase «increasing grain prices»

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Plans for retaliatory measures were expected to impact US soybean exports the most, since it was a US$ 12.4 billion market in 2017.6 Elsewhere, corn (+10.5 %, to US$ 3.88 per bushel) and wheat (+5.6 %, to US$ 4.51 a bushel) prices also rose during the period, with wheat finding primary support from dry weather - related stress in select US states.5 Global demand for grains is increasing.

Darryl Cardona said that besides using better genetics, companies can increase their productivity by using more grain, but that can be risky because grain prices can be volatile.

With just the whole grain change OR the paid lunch price increase, you may have seen a modesty change in participation.

For those families with multiple school aged children, what sounds like a small price increase can serve as a tipping point, driving them out of the school meal programs at the very moment that these programs are working to meet proposed standards for more whole grains, fresh produce and healthier entrees.

This study examines how substituting biofuels for gasoline may increase greenhouse gas emissions as farmers worldwide respond to higher prices and convert forest and grassland to new cropland to replace the grain or cropland diverted to biofuels.

Meat prices, which rose five per cent last year, are expected to increase up to another 4.5 per cent in 2016; fish and seafood could rise by up to three per cent; and dairy, eggs and grains could see a two per cent increase.

GfK's data, which is collected from pet stores across the country, reveals that while the average per - pound price of pet diets increased by 5.3 percent between 2013 - 2014, the price of grain - free pet foods increased by four percent, gluten - free diets by two percent, limited - ingredient diets by 3.4 percent and freeze - dried foods by just 1.4 percent.

According to GfK, during the period between 2011 - 2014, the average per - pound price of pet food increased by 23 percent, while that of grain - free diets increased by 15 percent and limited - ingredient diets increased 6.7 percent.

Though Russia is ranked 115 out of 163 nations surveyed and classified as a medium - risk country, the recent heatwave's impact on grain production and the nation's ban on grain exports, combined with a 25 % decrease in Canadian grain production in June, due to flooding, is causing fluctuations in commodity prices, in turn increasing food insecurity in the most vulnerable nations.

(current oil prices surpassing $ 91 a barrel this week and huge grain price increases this year).

Ethanol makers experienced improved financial performance because of changes out of their control - as in the case of natural gas prices falling drastically in response to increased fracking for natural gas production - but lost money because of increased corn prices caused by escalating Chinese grain demand.

There's been a lot of talk lately about the food crisis, and particularly linking it to growing crops for biofuels (a highly inefficient process which seems to drive prices up, particularly in US policy), but Frances More Lappe argued in her books several years ago that there is, in fact, enough food on the planet to feed us all, but localized political troubles (grain rotting in Haitian ports), increasing desertification, food waste, and problems with global supply chains are better explanations for why so many go hungry.

This corn - centric agriculture is displacing wheat and other crops, dramatically increasing grain and food prices, and keeping land under cultivation that would otherwise be returned to wildlife habitat.

This has directly contributed to a sharp increase in the wholesale prices of the grain.

Italian manufacturers have warned that the price of pasta, whose main ingredient is durum wheat, will likely shoot up by about 20 % in the fall due to the increasing use of the grains in biofuels.

The government quickly adopted several key production - boosting measures, including a 40 percent rise in the grain support price paid to farmers, an increase in agricultural credit, and heavy investment in developing higher - yielding strains of wheat, rice, and corn, their leading crops.

Ultimately, it's best to take these details with a grain of salt, as such a significant price increase would firmly take OnePlus out of the budget flagship territory and thus seems unlikely.

Take «home prices are increasing» stories with a grain of salt and do your own research to verify.

The survey found that the largest price increases over the past year occurred in Saskatchewan, where jobs in the booming oil and gas, grain and potash industries are attracting record numbers of new residents.