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August 20, 2010 6:30 pm

Interactive: What’s driving the wheat price spike?

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The recent leap in wheat prices has sparked fears of another food crisis similar to the one in 2007-08.

In this interactive graphic, we track the major events from Russian fires to Canadian storms that have affected wheat production.

Use the timeline to explore the key points in wheat trading over the past three months, and our interactive world map to see the fluctuations in imports, exports and stock levels of wheat for major grain trading countries for the past decade. Please note, the measurements are in 1,000 tonnes.

Plus: video analysis with commodities correspondent, Javier Blas.

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