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A South African worker oversees the delivery of corn from the fields into a big vat. (MPR Photo/Annie Baxter)

Behind the rise in food prices

Broadcast: Midmorning, 12/18/2007, 9:06 a.m.

Food prices continue to rise, in part because there's more demand for the corn fed to chickens and beef. Some analysts say the this is just the beginning of the high prices.

Guests

Dan Morgan: Special correspondent for the Washington Post, and Transatlantic fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

Michael Swanson: Agricultural economist with Wells Fargo.

Jerry Jennison: Owner of Jer-Lindy Farms, near Brooten, Minnesota.

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