NYT > World News The World’s Breadbaskets Are Getting Pounded by War, Weather and Trade Spats Par : Somini Sengupta 23 août 2026 à 14:02 Bad harvests and attacks on trade passages threaten to drive food prices higher. © Lisi Niesner/ReutersA combine harvester threshing wheat in a field in Seeluebbe, Germany, this month. Yields in the country are down for several crops, including wheat, because of drought and heat.