Rice Prices Skyrocket Worldwide! (Now with WHEAT BLIGHT!)
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Inflation says a commodity would always be near a record high. If prices go up 5%, you constantly have new records. And with demand increasing due to increasing population, you have more price increases.
It would be a bit tricky to do the math on this one, since you not only have inflation, you have the dollar tanking. Oil -v- the Euro isn't up nearly as much as Oil -v- the Dollar for example.
That article says the main decrease in the rice supply is due to the rapid increase in the number of middle class people, who are demanding more meat and dairy items. That's lead to a decrease in rice production.
It would be a bit tricky to do the math on this one, since you not only have inflation, you have the dollar tanking. Oil -v- the Euro isn't up nearly as much as Oil -v- the Dollar for example.
That article says the main decrease in the rice supply is due to the rapid increase in the number of middle class people, who are demanding more meat and dairy items. That's lead to a decrease in rice production.
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Since the dollar has been dropping, it would be interesting to get the price of gold in 1980, and the price of rice then, and see how much rice you could get for an ounce of gold then. Then, compare that to the price of gold/rice today.
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gold 1/80 $680/ozphil_in_cs wrote:Since the dollar has been dropping, it would be interesting to get the price of gold in 1980, and the price of rice then, and see how much rice you could get for an ounce of gold then. Then, compare that to the price of gold/rice today.
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gold 2/08 $915/oz
rice 1/80 $0.484/lb
rice 2/08 $0.583/lb
rice 1/80 7.12e-4 tr. oz./lb
rice 2/08 6.37e-4 tr. oz./lb
rice, change in USD 1980-2008 +20.5%
rice, change in gold 1980-2008 -10.5%
rice is BLS data, retail long grain uncooked, US city average
I think you'll continue to see the spread widen. The latest data from the BLS is from February, and I think a lot of the price increases haven't shown up yet at the stores. My wife just bought our regular monthly 25 lb bag last week and said the price was the same as the month before.
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Well, apparently the price increases have made it down to the retail level. My wife was talking with one of her friends yesterday who was complaining about paying $25 for a bag of rice. My wife bought an identical bag last week for $17.
PPI was sharply higher, although the core PPI was fairly contained. It appears that the fuel and food prices haven't bled over to the rest of the economy yet. Tomorrow's CPI should be interesting.
PPI was sharply higher, although the core PPI was fairly contained. It appears that the fuel and food prices haven't bled over to the rest of the economy yet. Tomorrow's CPI should be interesting.
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Food and fuel are excluded from the core indexes because they are volatile, (and also the demand is fairly inelastic). They are still included in the full indexes, which are reported right along with the core indexes. Full PPI for March is 1.1%, core is 0.2%. Consumer foods were up 1.2% and energy was 2.9%.phil_in_cs wrote:Aren't food and fuel excluded from the indexes since they are "volatile" ?
Where do you live? 25$?? Damn. still 8.50 here for 20lbs.Moana Drifter wrote:Well, apparently the price increases have made it down to the retail level. My wife was talking with one of her friends yesterday who was complaining about paying $25 for a bag of rice. My wife bought an identical bag last week for $17.
PPI was sharply higher, although the core PPI was fairly contained. It appears that the fuel and food prices haven't bled over to the rest of the economy yet. Tomorrow's CPI should be interesting.
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All you had to say was "it's for the wife" We understand.Moana Drifter wrote:My wife insists on buying the "Jasmine" rice, claiming it tastes better. Plain rice is cheaper. Personally, I can't detect any flavor at all in any white rice I eat. Price was for a 25 lb bag.19kilo wrote:Where do you live? 25$?? Damn. still 8.50 here for 20lbs.

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I gotta back Gunny up on this one. HEB has, from what I can tell, then best prices locally. They do also own Central Market. Central Market is expensive, but by no means does HEB=Central Market.Gunny wrote:HEB and Central Market are co-owned but are not the same grocery store. They carry different products, have a different pricing structure and a different supply chain for most of their products.SSgtMobley wrote:It was only 8.50 for the milk because he bought it at HEB (also known as Central Market) is about as trendy and pretentious as you can get with most of their selection of foods being organic, expensive and yuppy-priced.19kilo wrote:Quote for how sad it is.Gunny wrote:Thanks Festus and Throwback. I picked up a 25# bag at HEB tonight for 8.50ish or about the cost of a gallon of milk
Anything you can buy at Central Market that you can ALSO buy at a regular grocery store is usually anywhere from 50 - 200% more expensive.
Please don't talk about things you don't know anything about. You're making us Texans look bad.
Anyway... I am going to pick up some rice and beans, then repackage them with my vacuum sealer. Also going to stock up on some canned veggies.
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I paid €1,10 for 4 pounds of rice, the other day. I haven't seen this rise in price lately. (Mind you, I do get the cheap rice. The taste difference in between this and the more expensive rice is almost unnoticable once you've cooked it.)
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I just got back from Sams and rice has gone up some here. I paid 7.86 each two months ago for a couple of 25 pound bags and now it's 9.93.



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My wife and I bought a 50 lb sack in Jan '07 and is pretty much lasted us until Sep '07. We had a little left over, but it was added to another 50 lb sack we purchased around the time. My wife is from South America, where rice is a staple of their diet in her region. We incorporated it into almost every lunch and dinner, either as a main or side dish. Most of the time we filled our plate with half rice and half beans, or something of that nature. Sometimes we used the left overs from the previous day for breakfast in the morning by frying it with eggs, chopped pork or spam, chopped green onions, and some soy sauce.Gunny wrote:How long will a 50# sack last? Anyone know?
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I'm still eating my way through rice I put up four years ago. If stored properly, it'll probably outlast the purchaser.
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Then the prices in Austin must just suck balls. The average price for milk around here in Dallas is at the most $4.00 a gallon. Thats below half of what Gunny cited as his price for milk.jeremya wrote:I gotta back Gunny up on this one. HEB has, from what I can tell, then best prices locally. They do also own Central Market. Central Market is expensive, but by no means does HEB=Central Market.Gunny wrote:HEB and Central Market are co-owned but are not the same grocery store. They carry different products, have a different pricing structure and a different supply chain for most of their products.SSgtMobley wrote:It was only 8.50 for the milk because he bought it at HEB (also known as Central Market) is about as trendy and pretentious as you can get with most of their selection of foods being organic, expensive and yuppy-priced.19kilo wrote: Quote for how sad it is.
Anything you can buy at Central Market that you can ALSO buy at a regular grocery store is usually anywhere from 50 - 200% more expensive.
Please don't talk about things you don't know anything about. You're making us Texans look bad.
Anyway... I am going to pick up some rice and beans, then repackage them with my vacuum sealer. Also going to stock up on some canned veggies.
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Try to find ethinc markets....rice is cheaper there. As are beans and other such items..
Don't wash or rinse the rice if you can help it, you loose nutrients that way.
Don't wash or rinse the rice if you can help it, you loose nutrients that way.
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I'm firmly convinced any shortages appearing in North America are artificial; The US exports 50% of its production, and over 90% of rice consumed domestically is produced domestically. This means that, roughly speaking, the US produces twice as much rice as it eats.
That means there is no real shortage of rice, only a hyped shortage brought about by the masses reacting to CNN. In a couple of months things will be back to normal around here; crops will be coming off the fields and it'll be like the rest of the world isn't starving.
That means there is no real shortage of rice, only a hyped shortage brought about by the masses reacting to CNN. In a couple of months things will be back to normal around here; crops will be coming off the fields and it'll be like the rest of the world isn't starving.
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We've discussed that at length here:
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And now, Ladies and Gentlemen, Something Completely Different:
Wheat Blight, in the Middle East and Africa, but coming soon to an agricultural region near you!
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/04/27/ ... orlaug.php
http://www.metimes.com/Editorial/2008/0 ... news/6599/
This current strain hits fast, has a high mortality rate, and can affect about 99% of the wheat varieties in cultivation. Enjoy!
Wheat Blight, in the Middle East and Africa, but coming soon to an agricultural region near you!
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/04/27/ ... orlaug.php
http://www.metimes.com/Editorial/2008/0 ... news/6599/
This current strain hits fast, has a high mortality rate, and can affect about 99% of the wheat varieties in cultivation. Enjoy!
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Grain Blight!
Now that's scary stuff. Our Green Revolution advances in yield are dependent on staying one step ahead of the various diseases that plague crops, in the same way that antibiotics have to keep changing in the arms race against microbes. I'm not surprised that more virulent crop diseases keep emerging and the remedies (new strains) are seeing diminishing returns; less resistance, smaller yield gains, etc.
I have no answer here, other than that natural selection is tireless and not dependent on government funding.
I have no answer here, other than that natural selection is tireless and not dependent on government funding.
Well my local source is out of short grain rice, my favorite.
This made me realized that I need some long grain rice for red beans and rice. One of the local mexican markets had 5 pound bags for $1.77 / 35.4 cents per pound, never tought that would seem like a bargain. I bought 75 lbs worth. It's now packed in a airtight military container.
Now I'm looking for a good source for 50 lbs of red beans and 25 lbs of soy beans.
Miles
This made me realized that I need some long grain rice for red beans and rice. One of the local mexican markets had 5 pound bags for $1.77 / 35.4 cents per pound, never tought that would seem like a bargain. I bought 75 lbs worth. It's now packed in a airtight military container.
Now I'm looking for a good source for 50 lbs of red beans and 25 lbs of soy beans.
Miles