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Grain harvest sets record, but supplies still tight.

Publication: World Watch
Publication Date: 01-MAR-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Grain harvest sets record, but supplies still tight.(VITAL SIGNS)

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After several years of decline, the world's grain output reached a record 2.316 billion tons in 2007, a 4-percent increase over the previous year. Yields rose 95 million tons in response to near-perfect weather in major growing areas and an estimated 5-percent jump in world fertilizer use. of...

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...However, commodity analysts estimate that high demand will consume all the increase and prevent replenishment of cereal stocks, now at their lowest level in 30 years. On average, humans get about 48 percent of their calories from grains,...

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