food supply

Japan's domestic food supply faces plenty of threats, including nuclear radiation, a crippled distribution infrastructure and a shaky electric grid. But there's some good news for U.S. suppliers: A shortage of domestic beef and pork could increase the market for imported meat.

Tyson Foods's profit will continue to increase as the biggest U.S. meat processor will benefit further from little-changed overall protein supply as well as an expected reduction of its own debt.

The recent upward surge in commodities prices has left no corner of the globe untouched. That includes the bastions of the beer drinkers. Changes in global climate, a decline in hops growers and a recent fire in a hops storage facility have worked in concert to reduce the world supply of that most...