"Good weather will help the world's farmers reap record wheat and rice crops this year, the U.S. government said on Friday, which should allay fears of shortages and help bring prices down from current high levels.

The U.S. Agriculture Department also forecast a record global crop of feed grain, used to feed livestock."

Well, that's a nice forecast. But the Atlantic hurricane season begins in 3 weeks. The cyclone that hit Southeast Asia was early in the season. If the annual storms are minimal or below normal, we may expect this forecast to be true. But that's a big if.

Let's all hope so.