[RayChuang88]

However, North America last year came VERY close to its own wheat crisis--it was fortunate that a drought-like situation in the US Midwest only affected the corn crop, but the "hit" was relatively mild.

The major fear right now is that if every wheat-growing region worldwide suffers from either drought or flooding in 2011, food prices WILL skyrocket and the real possibility of wheat rationing could become reality.

[blam]

It's always something, eh?

A 'Time Bomb' For World Wheat Crop

The Ug99 fungus, called stem rust, could wipe out more than 80% of the world's wheat crops as it spreads from Africa, scientists fear. The race is on to breed resistant plants before it reaches the U.S.