Hardly anything could be more different from the past or more welcome than the U.S. government declaring that markets have the ability to address what many had pointed to as a global catastrophe caused by the high cost of food.

It is likely that industries like wheat milling will not enjoy gains comparable to population growth in countries and regions where other food crops, especially rice or maize, dominate.

Weather-related losses are pressuring the apple and tart cherry markets

It is in barely 50 years that instant noodles have become a product with annual sales within range of 100 billion packets.

What is instructive about the study’s results is the assumption the use of pesticides and herbicides may reduce or limit the nutritional quality of the crops to which they are applied.

The huge difference between wheat and corn emerges in studying the data for the two grains.