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...This month, global wheat prices spiked at more than 80 per cent higher than a year ago....
...Spedding and his wife Karen took over in 2004 and opened the winery’s restaurant two years later....
...Egypt looks to local farmers Soaring grain prices in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have underscored the importance of the local wheat market in Egypt, the world’s biggest grain importer....
...Global latest The Ukraine crisis has led to food shortages in Arab countries as wheat prices soar....
...And although the US is the world’s second biggest wheat exporter after Russia, it will be unable to fill the gap....
...But it has been too little too late, especially for the country’s wheat growers. The country will have to double its wheat imports to meet demand....
...“Once upon a time, nearly all beer was beer with attitude — hoppy all-malt lagers, ales, wheat beers, Abbey beers, and stouts,” says Trevor Stirling, analyst at Bernstein Research....
...Almost 60m tonnes of wheat are produced every year, worth a shade under $18bn in 2012. Corn production is about 350m tonnes a year, representing more than a third of global output....
...Karen Hall, Dyson I’m a microbiologist by training and we are the only appliance manufacturer in Europe with an in-house microbiology laboratory....
...Wheat prices remain at two-year highs....
...Karen Ward, senior economist at HSBC, says: “What the world economy really needs right now is a break....
...Karen Ward, economist at HSBC, expects a 50 basis points cut in US rates. “Such a move could be the circuit-breaker financial markets are looking for.”...
...Wheat yield in Romania is expected to be down by about 20 per cent because of the heatwave and maize in Bulgaria to be 40 per cent lower....
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