The Rising Tide of Corn
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The nation's unquenchable thirst for gasoline -- and finding an alternative to what's been called our addiction to oil -- has produced an unintended consequence: The cost of the foods that fuel our bodies has jumped.
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Wheat prices surge to record levels on international markets, triggering the threat of rising bread prices.
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US producer prices shot up 1.7 percent last month, the biggest gain in nearly 15 years and well above expectations, as energy costs skyrocketed and food prices surged, a government report showed on Tuesday.
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U.S. scientists have determined a link between climate change and the origins of maize and squash cultivation in Mexico.
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Converting corn and soybeans into fuels is contributing to higher food prices. The dispute is how much.
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The rapidly growing biofuel industry will push farm commodity prices higher in coming years, a study says.
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America&#039;s appetite for organic food is so strong that supply just can&#039;t keep up with demand. Organic products still have only a tiny slice, about 2.5 percent, of the nation&#039;s food market. But the slice is expanding at a feverish pace.
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Europeâs farmers are beginning to grow crops that can be turned into fuels meant to produce fewer emissions than gas or oil.
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Business & money: Â· Call to catch up with big energy crop producersÂ· Concerns over food supply are 'absolute nonsense'
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri  - Monsanto Co.  reported on Thursday that quarterly earnings jumped 71 percent, driven by surging sales of its genetically modified corn and other seeds, sending its shares higher in early trade.
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Higher crude prices raise gasoline costs, increasing inflation, and lowering crude prices.
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By Craig Brown  SCOTTISH farmers now produce enough organic food to meet 70 per cent of the nation's demand.   New statistics released yesterday highlight a substantial increase from the estimated 35 per cent level five years ago.
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Fears of world food shortages caused by booming use of sugar cane and corn to produce ethanol fuel for motor vehicles are overblown and politically motivated, analysts and politicians said on Monday.
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By Adam Shell and Matt Krantz Droughts. Hurricanes. Rising temperatures. Melting glaciers. In a world abuzz with talk about global warming, climate change is elbowing aside tech and biotech as the major investment theme of the future.
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The cotton industry is concerned about the discovery of a herbicide-resistant weed that spreads easily, can grow an inch a day even during droughts and could force farmers to return to older growing methods that were harsher on the environment.
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WASHINGTON -- The likelihood of finding $2-a-gallon gasoline in some parts of the United States is increasing by the day.
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U.S. farmers will reap their largest  corn, soybean and cotton crops ever, with ideal weather in the  Midwest boosting corn to 11.613 billion bushels and soybeans to  3.11 billion bushels while cotton will hit 21.5 million bales  despite hurricane damage in the Southeast, the government  forecast on Tuesday.