Any illusion that the world is swimming in food must surely be shattered when analyzing the effect a modest downgrade of the global wheat crop has had in recent weeks. An approximate supply cut of 5% has increased prices by some 50%, though things are settling a little now.
This is after 2 record crops in the previous 2 years, and a crop this year still predicted to be in the top 10 of production highs.
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