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Mississippi River floodwaters continue moving south, leaving in their wake thousands of flooded homes and businesses and millions of acres of flooded land, an event Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, in his comfort zone, urged citizens to be wary of.
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Bad weather in Canada, Russia and elsewhere means that world wheat prices are being driven up artificially by speculation, claim market analysts and others, including the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.
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A planned 48-hour strike by Argentine dockworkers may further inflate global wheat prices, following on increases set in motion in the wake of Russian wildfires.
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After Monsanto announced its plan to revisit GM wheat last year, having received the support of an international farmer's coalition, a worldwide movement opposing the yet-to-be developed grain product is growing.
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Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and the University of Ottawa have discovered what may be an important clue to the cause of type 1 diabetes.
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The Food and Agriculture organizations says that in April food prices fell; others warn against over optimism; many of the factors that have boosted food prices had not gone away.
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A new and virulent wheat fungus, previously found in East Africa and Yemen, has moved to major wheat growing areas in Iran, the FAO reported today. The fungus is capable of destroying entire fields.
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With the rise in the price of wheat consumers can expect to pay more for bread and pasta for example in the near future; on the other hand farmers are seeing improved profits and opportunities.
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Diets with high amounts of whole grains may help achieve significant weight loss, and also reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to a team of researchers.
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The last major epidemic of stem rust occurred in North America in the early 1950s, when a strain of stem rust destroyed as much as 40 percent of the continent’s spring wheat crop.
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 Members of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers are celebrating the end of the Canadian Wheat Board's monopoly power.
A man has been charged with criminal damage following a break-in at the Rothamsted Research centre where a trial of GM wheat is being held.
Pizza chain will offer option for customers who avoid wheat.
 Brian Topp, who is seeking to lead the federal New Democratic Party, says if he became prime minister he would reverse the decision to end the monopoly of the Canadian Wheat Board.
Labels on 'whole grain' and 'whole wheat' products can often be deceiving.
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