'crop revenues look to be much improved with record crops and generally higher prices than we anticipated earlier this year,' said Joseph Glauber, the USDA's chief economist.

美国农业部首席经济学家克劳伯(Joseph Glauber)说，玉米收入看起来将会大大增加，因为不仅收获量前所未有，价格也普遍比我们年初时预计的要高。

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"The markets are very, very tight, " said Joseph Glauber, the USDA's chief economist.

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Joseph Glauber, chief economist at America's Department of Agriculture, reckons that restraints on the export of wheat may have added as much as 20% to wholesale prices though not as much at the retail level.

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At the event, USDA chief economist Joseph Glauber warned of record farm prices for corn, wheat, and soyabeans for 2011, and resulting US food inflation of at least 4% this year and next as prices work their way through the supply chain.

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