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• Union protesters prevent soybean shipments in Argentina: [2011 Jan 26 02:10 PM] Argentine workers who demand increased wages blocked the nation's export terminals for soybeans and grains on Wednesday. Read more
• Egypt confronts a Tunisian situation: [2011 Jan 26 10:02 AM] In the wake of Tunisia's sudden, unexpected popular revolution, autocratic regimes across the Arab world are running scared. Read more
• Weather pushes down price of wheat futures: [2011 Jan 25 08:57 AM] Wheat slipped amidst conjecture about investor demand for the commodity decreasing. Read more
• Corn futures approach highest prices since Summer 2008: [2011 Jan 21 09:57 AM] As prices of corn approach the top amount in two-and-a-half years, concerns mounted that buyers would avoid the commodity. Read more
• Prices for wheat, corn slip early on Thursday: [2011 Jan 20 07:45 AM] Wheat's 16 percent increase during the past 90 days slipped as investor demand for the grain also fell while corn also fell. Read more
• Sugar future prices climb amidst lower production in Brazil: [2011 Jan 19 05:02 PM] Preoccupations about a restriction of sugar supplies from the globe's top producer of the commodity pushed up prices of sugar futures. Read more
• Wheat, corn prices move up: [2011 Jan 18 08:35 AM] Low inventory and production forecasts coupled with higher demand pushed up prices for wheat and corn. Read more
• Food prices played a role in Tunisian government's fall: [2011 Jan 14 02:08 PM] The president of Tunisia, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, has been forced out of power after weeks of social unrest - and it seems that high food and commodity prices could have played a role. Read more
• Grain prices continue upward tick: [2011 Jan 13 12:03 PM] The price of corn soared to its highest value in nearly two-and-a-half years on Thursday amidst the U.S. government reducing domestic inventory forecasts, which constricted food supplies around the world as inclement weather cut into harvests. Read more
• Grain futures climb amidst rising demand, tightening supplies: [2011 Jan 12 05:04 PM] Prices for corn and soybeans soared to their highest value in 30 months as the U.S. government slashed inventory forecasts, which indicates a tighter supply of food to meet an increasing demand. Read more
• Groups boost Haitain ag sector: [2011 Jan 11 11:12 AM] Haiti's agriculture sector, more than one-quarter of the Caribbean nation's economy, is poised to bounce back as the one-year anniversary of a crushing earthquake arrives tomorrow. Read more
• Corn production slips: [2011 Jan 10 03:13 PM] Arid weather in Argentina, the world's second-largest exporter of corn, helped prices for the commodity increase for the first time in 72 hours. Read more
• Food crisis looms as commodity prices hit fresh highs: [2011 Jan 06 09:54 AM] As 2011 begins in earnest, the threat of a global food crisis triggered by rising commodity prices and shrinking supplies seems more imminent than ever.  Read more
• U.S. grain benefits from flooding in Australia: [2011 Jan 05 01:53 PM] Demand for grain from the U.S. pushed up the price of wheat futures from their seven-day low amidst floodwaters damaging crops in Australia, the world's fourth-largest producer of the commodity. Read more
• Northeast Australia suffering from severe flooding: [2011 Jan 03 12:57 PM] Severe flooding in Northeast Australia has severely harmed the agriculture sector of the state of Queensland, with damage estimates exceeding $1 billion in production lost to the natural disaster expected to last for several more weeks. Read more