Wheat prices jumped to an all-time high yesterday as panicked buyers rushed into the market amid extremely tight supplies, raising fears of a global food inflation spike¹.

全球第二大小麦出口国加拿大警告，由于恶劣的气候影响了农作物收成（就像欧洲和澳大利亚一样），加拿大今年小麦的产量可能比去年下降近20%。

Canada, the world’s second largest wheat exporter, warned output might be almost 20 per cent below last year as adverse² weather damaged the crop as it had done in Europe and Australia.

依赖于进口小麦供应的日本和台湾在国际市场购买了更多小麦。印度也下了巨额订单，赶在需求高峰期到来之前补充库存。

Japan and Taiwan, which depend on foreign wheat supplies, bought new cargoes³ in the international market while India launched a large tender to beef up its inventories⁴ ahead of its peak demand season.