Saturday, July 21, 2012

U.S. drought could have global impact on food prices

Marketplace: Jeff Horwich: The weather forecast offers no relief for weeks across much of the U.S. breadbasket. Corn and soybean prices are at new records today -- wheat is rising too. And when we have this kind of farming weather, the whole world suffers with us. Rob Bailey is a senior research fellow on energy, environment and resources with the Royal Institute of International Affairs in the UK. Good to talk with you. Rob Bailey: Hello. Horwich: We're very focused on how our drought effects us here at home,...

URL: http://www.marketplace.org/topics/world/us-drought-could-have-global-impact-food-prices
Enclosure: http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/marketplace/segments/2012/07/20/marketplace_segment11_20120720_64.mp3

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