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Pasta la vista as world wheat shortages bite

Scotsman: SUMMER evenings spent enjoying a plate of tagliatelle and a glass of wine are about to become a lot more expensive following warnings that supplies of pasta to the UK could run short over the next few months. A report from the trade magazine The Grocer says the looming pasta crisis is the result of Italian farmers increasingly growing durum wheat for biofuel production rather than food. The report says the price of durum wheat is two-and-a-half-times higher than June last year ... Read »
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