Monday, December 01st, 2008

Hot Topics : $8 Trillion in Bailouts | Biotech Stock Bargains | The Greater Depression | Thanksgiving Turkeys

Posts Tagged ‘ Corn Production ’

Soon You’ll Pay Even More for Food

Jun 14th, 2008 | By Brian Hunt | Category: Gold Market

Some of the most dramatic photographs in the world this week were of downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa. On Friday, an estimated 100 blocks of the city were underwater. Heavy rainfall across the Midwest has produced nine rivers in Iowa above flood stage.



The ‘Silent Tsunami’ Threatening the World Economy

Apr 25th, 2008 | By Merryn Somerset Webb | Category: Politics & Economics

It’s not just the credit crisis that has been keeping policymakers awake at night. A food crisis is sweeping the world like “a silent tsunami”, as Josette Sheeran of the World Food programme puts it, leaving widespread riots and rattled governments in its wake.