Previous peak occurred in 2011-12.

A major influence is the healthy state of most corporate balance sheets, reflected in the peak cash holdings as well as cautious borrowing during recent years of global economic uncertainty.

Considering all that happened last year in grain-based foods, the solidity just revealed in the production of wheat flour by U.S. mills is truly striking.

The new Guidelines maintain recommended consumption of grain-based foods at six servings (mainly one ounce) per day.

The increase in interest rates announced by the Federal Reserve will have implications across all of the food industry.

After being deemed unsafe, packages of Nestlé's Maggi Instant Noodles reappeared after a five-month hiatus in India.

As weakness in commodity markets persists and projections are made that this will continue for at least another year, companies in food manufacturing need to explore whether the effect is as benign as first thought.

Eating preferences are shifting to the point that the next 15 years will witness the reversal of factors that long have favored grain-based foods.

Gaining basic understanding of the drivers of price moves in markets like wheat, rice and coarse grains requires a basic look at determinants that measure price effects like the relation of production to demand.

The latest forecast of world trade in wheat and flour by the International Grains Council places likely U.S. exports at 24 million tonnes while Russia is forecast to ship 23.1 million.