CLAIM · ASSESSED ~ · CONFIDENCE 0.60
U.S. winter wheat crop expected to be smallest since 1965, with all-wheat harvested acreage the lowest since 1877.
WHY THIS MATTERS · This matters because export bans, war-blocked shipping lanes and drought are keeping bread and rice prices high and leaving near-record numbers of people in acute hunger, especially across Africa and the Middle East.
Part of the monitored dynamic Global Grain Security · VUCA INDEX 61/100
EVIDENCE CHAIN · 1
INGESTED ARTICLETIER 2JUL 8
manilatimes.net — CoBank Quarterly : Rising food prices squeeze household budgets , constrain cons
"The U.S. winter wheat crop is expected to be the smallest since 1965 with harvested acreage for all wheat figured to be the lowest since 1877."
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Extracted by pipeline v0.5 (claude-opus-4-8) from manilatimes.net · approved by christopher@vucanews.com JUL 9.
Extracted JUL 8; approved JUL 9 at 0.60.
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