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Reports that high profits, government price supports and numerous distributive charges will maintain food prices despite bumper crops across the world. Damage caused to the potato crops and vines, by the storm in the current year; Increase in the wheat supply in India and China; Observation that in the major deficit countries the home-consumed rice supply will be greater and fewer people will die of starvation; Impact of the increased corn crop on the supply of pork; Discussion on the U.S. government support programs.

The article reports on the shortfall of corn and wheat yields which is blamed by fertilizer farmers on bad weather in the U.S. and Canada. It mentions that among the major reasons for the shortfall include having U.S. fertilizer inventories reaching all-time lows, increased rate of exports and having not enough stockpiles. It affirms that farmers are becoming indecisive on what crops are they going to plant during fall.

The article reports that the U.S. Department of Agriculture was forced to downgrade the estimates for the production of corn and wheat crops due to poor weather. It mentions that the shortfall would mean higher food prices and payment problems for both producers and consumers in the country. It affirms that food prices is expected to climb by up to 15%, 3% higher than earlier estimates.

The article discusses the impact of drought in the U.S. in 1974 on crops. It notes that drought has diminished what had been estimated would be a bumper yield of corn, soybeans and other feed grains as well as reduced crops of spring wheat, oats and barley. Illinois farmer Gary Luth compares that his soybeans were waist-to chest-high by August in 1973 but in 1974, they were only ankle-to knee-high. Nebraska farmer Harold Buethe reveals that the drought was the worst since 1934. Furthermore, the Agriculture Department forecasts for the corn crop have been revised downward from 6.7 billion bushels in May to 5.9 billion bushels in August.

The article reports on the farming sector in U.S. which has witnessed one of the best harvest in its history. The U.S. Agricultural Department expects 28 percent increase in corn harvest, 18 percent increase in wheat and 1.2 billion bushels of soyabean. It reports on the reduced farming of hog, increased demand of beef and reduced earnings of farmers. It also reports on the possible trade war with European countries and Japan over farming produce due to the surchage on imports levied by U.S.

Focuses on the efforts to reduce the consumption of molasses in the manufacturing of alcohol in the U.S. Claim that alcohol can also be made from grain-corn and wheat; Suggestion to utilize all high-proof grain distilleries to capacity for alcohol production; Proposal that the best way to use the low-proof distilleries is to produce 140-proof grain alcohols in them and then to transport this alcohol to the high-proof distilleries.

The article discusses the possibility of wheat and corn shortages in the U.S. as of April 1943. It states that for twenty years, farmers produced a surplus of these commodities. When war started, it was believed that this excess would help the country win the war. Due to the increasing uses of grain for alcohol, explosives and the military, however, as well as bad weather, the reserves are dwindling. To address this, the government hopes to keep a one-year reserve of grains in supply, and is looking to import more from Canada, Australia and Argentina.

The article focuses on the state of commodities in the U.S. stock market. Corn recovered half of its losses, resulting to a spot price of 2.36 dollars per bushel; while wheat regained its price by less than 4 percent that resulted to a spot price of 2.32 dollars. Mass slaughter of hogs resulted to 30 percent recovery for lard while cottonseed grew by 3 cents from its January 1948 price. U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission stated that stocks must make 4 to 5 percent yields to be marketable to investors.

The article focuses on the decline in agricultural price in the U.S. stock market as of March 1949. It is said that observers are likely to forecast a recession once the decline in the market intensifies and creates more fear. Declines of 60%, 40% and 33% have been seen in corn, steers and wheat, respectively. It notes that farmers have cut down on buying and reduced debts in response to the decline.

This section offers business news briefs concerning prices in the U.S. as of March 15, 1929. Several commodity price indexes including the Irving Fisher weekly index demonstrated upward movement. Irregular price gains have been observed in various domestic commodities which include wheat, corn, and cotton. The downward revision in rayon quotations has been attributed to price reductions being done by some companies.

Out in the wheat belt, the combines are humming as harvesting gets into full swing. Weather conditions during the growing season have been favorable, and there is a bumper crop to gather in, even though it will not quite measure up to last year's output. For this small mercy the U.S. Department of Agriculture may truly be thankful, since it is already almost smothered in wheat. Despite the superabundance, only after a prolonged and bitter fight has the government obtained from the U.S. Congress authority to sell some of its wheat holdings for animal feed at a price sufficiently below parity to make it competitive with corn.

The article reports on the grain surplus in the U.S. in 1950. It discusses the factors that could allegedly negate surpluses in corn and wheat, including bugs in the wheat areas, hogs in the corn regions and bad weather. Comment from Ralph S. Trigg, president of the government-owned Commodity Credit Corp., is offered.

The article focuses on the price policies imposed by the U.S. government on wheat and corn. The statement issued by the Office of Price Administration concerning the policies is presented. The impact of the policies on the farmers' confidence in the policies is described.