There is a great demand for cereals and with all the drought and bad weather throughout the world, farmers have not been able to grow enough crops. The article then states that some countries put export restrictions on the food so they could protect their own supplies. They weren't going to send out as much food as they had in the past. This also helped to increase food prices. Some small countries who import most all their food have been hurt badly.
Another problem...Oil prices continue to grow. It's hard to have all the fertilizer needed to run a farm when petroleum prices continue to go up. Petroleum is a main ingredient in fertilizer. Also, farm machinery must use gas in order to run.
Since we have such expensive oil prices now farmers have turned to producing biofuels. This has hurt the production of much needed food. Farmers are using their crops to make ethanol. I think this needs to be minimized. Food needs to come first.
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