Retail prices for beer at supermarkets and other stores were up 3 percent in May from a year earlier, the biggest increase in 2 years, according to Labor Department data. That's higher than the inflation rate for the overall economy, and a bigger gain than that seen for prices of liquor and wine bought to be consumed at home. The increase is partly because farmers are devoting less acreage to the grain in favor of more lucrative crops, especially corn. Beer has joined the list of foods and...

Continuing concerns about the size and quality of the hard red winter wheat crop led to volatile markets and increased trading volume, the exchange said in the release. A substantial freeze in April followed by storms, heavy rainfall and flooding in harvest areas had a serious effect on the crop and harvest pace. Total wheat futures volume traded in June was the third-largest in KCBT history, at 513,894 contracts. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted,...

The Textile segment offers clothing and interior products, such as wool, synthetic fabrics, silk and others. The Food segment is involved in the production, distribution and sale of wheat, rice, corn, frozen food and others. The Living Materials and Chemicals segment is involved in the precision chemistry, rubber, timber, glass, cement and other related businesses. The Machinery segment is engaged in the automobile, industrial machinery, plants and related businesses. Company Profile . Reuters.

There is a general sense that corn's feed demand component could be in for a change from last month's release, given the gaping chasm between wheat and corn prices over the past month or so that some thin may have prodded feedlot managers to opt for greater corn usage at the expense of wheat. There is a general sense that corn's feed demand component could be in for a change from last month's release, given the gaping chasm between wheat and corn prices over the past month or so that some...

Widespread rain falls have given wheat growers in south-eastern Australian the best start they have had to a cropping season in years, but the drought still has a firm hold in parts of Queensland and Western Australia. KERRY O'BRIEN: It's almost three months since the Prime Minister exhorted the nation to pray for rain and warned that without substantial falls in the right places by mid-year, there would be nothing left to give to irrigators in the vast Murray-Darling Basin that produces...