Wheat Jumps to Highest Since 2008 as Chinese Crop Faces Drought

- China intensifies drought-fighting efforts in wheat-growing regions (Xinhua): BEIJING, Jan.27 (Xinhua) — China’s State Council, the nation’s cabinet, pledged Thursday to step up efforts to fight the prolonged drought in the country’s northern wheat-growing regions. North China wheat-growing regions, including Shandong, Henan, Hebei, Anhui, Shanxi and Jiangsu provinces, have received little rainfall since October [...] continue reading world news