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Reader comment on item: "Saudi Arabia to End Wheat Growing"

Submitted by mike palmer (United States), Mar 4, 2008 at 10:20

Back in the late '80s-early '90s when I was writing Guardians of the Gulf, I ran across a US Govt. estimate that the actual cost of a Saudi loaf of bread (baked in the Kingdom using Saudi-grown wheat) was $67.00!

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Middle east food supplies, Danish cartoons and Cheese in UAE [162 words]DustyApr 1, 2008 07:05
↔ Suicidal [92 words]Manford LawrenceSep 23, 2008 16:45
⇒ Saudi Wheat [40 words]mike palmerMar 4, 2008 10:20
↔ revelation [8 words]True believerOct 17, 2008 08:39
Food Cartel-Anyone! [48 words]MikeFeb 25, 2008 15:18
↔ Great Idea [149 words]YnnatchkahFeb 26, 2008 15:49
↔ Re: Great Idea [15 words]mikeFeb 26, 2008 18:27
↔ The answer to your questions is in the article Ynnatchkah [115 words]SullyFeb 29, 2008 01:33
↔ Ethanol from Sugar Cane, NOT Corn...Sully....Hello ! [159 words]YnnatchkahMar 2, 2008 22:59
↔ I realize that you were talking about Brazilian ethanol but look what politics has made happen [96 words]SullyMar 4, 2008 13:27
↔ Ethanol 2 [229 words]YnnatchkahMar 4, 2008 19:45
Wheat in Saudi [70 words]tominomanFeb 25, 2008 05:45
↔ and the name of the book is..... [12 words]Mark GFeb 29, 2008 11:37
↔ book about saudi [19 words]tominomanMar 3, 2008 06:22

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