Focus: Food market braced for another price spike
By: Ben Cooper | 27 May 2011
The unprecedented dry weather conditions seen in the UK over the past few months have been replicated across other northern European countries, pushing up grain prices and greatly increasing the likelihood of further food price rises later in the year. Ben Cooper reports.
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The unprecedented dry weather conditions seen in the UK over the past few months have been replicated across other northern European countries, pushing up grain prices and greatly increasing the likelihood of further food price rises later in the year. Ben Cooper reports.
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