While the wheat crisis in the middle east is certainly a major problem for food production, it has zero to do with the price of a beer in the US since over 95% of beer consumed here is brewed from barley not wheat.  Having been in the beer industry for the past 22 years the deciding factor for higher prices does not necessarily come from the barley producers since domestic mega brewers have long term contracts with these producers and actually own their own malting plants across the country.  The issue usually stems from higher cost of goods for things such as hops, glass, aluminum, energy, and let us not forget marketing expenses.  You may want to check your facts a little before making these types of assertions.  By the way it's Bud Light, not Bud Lite, the folks over at Miller Brewing Company still have a trademark on "Lite" and don't take kindly to that mistake, for that matter neither does Anheuser Busch.

Quit using food for fuel.

Although the wheat shortage is clearly a problem, the beer prices going up may have more to do with the ongoing hop and barley shortage.

why dont we grow more wheat? Maybe if we stopped paying corp's to not grow  wheat , corn , soybeans we would have enough and save the money we're paying them not to grow. That way we'd have more and beer and other things would be cheper. Opps I forgot damn lobyists run this country for the big boys, they buy votes to keep the middle class down . maybe they should have an open season on lobyists like they have for deer.

Their is a shortage of wheat here in America because the government has mandated ethanol, which has spiked the production of corn. Ethanol is is absolutley riduculas and has caused the price of gas to go up not down and has increased the price of grain so so all dairy products have have sharply increased in price as well.

I can remember a quote from Mother Eath news back in the early 70,s  "No matter how sophisticated mankind becomes, he still exists because of the fact that there is 6 inches of topsoil, 1 mile of atmosphere and the fact that it rains"    We live in a fragile enviroment, one that we are abusing.

This is ridiculous, completely ridiculous.  None of this would be happening if companies would base their prices on true supply and demand, instead of the commodity futures markets.  The oil companies started it all.  Hershey jumped on board, raising their prices because the cocao markets went up (this is in addition to moving to Mexico to lower production costs).  Now it's Anheuser Busch with wheat.  It's time for consumers to fight back by spending wiser and spending less.  Let these companies' inventories sit around collecting dust - that will bring prices back down in no time.

um, barley and hops make up less than 1% of the cost of beer.

I am not surprised, Mr.Bush needs to spend more time getting advise on how to stave of a possible food crises instead of bailing out billonaires who lost big with Bear-Sterns. Americans are hurting right now with the high cost of food and gas prices. The Scientist are doing thier research tirelessly trying to find soultions to the ills that plauge our crops, Mr. Bush should spend more time and money supporting that community. I know americans love thier beer maybe they will be civic minded and write their congressman and see what they can do to keep the cost of beer down so all of you beer drinkers this buds for you.

This is actually a result of high gas prices! The Bush energy crisis is the original domino. This has led to all of the other higher prices as a result. The mortgage crisis is also a result of taking thousands of dollars a year from every american family while the Bush oil cartel reaps BIG profits. Everytime the gas prices got high the previous presidents releaed oil from the strategic reserves and it kept the price in check. Bush won't do this as it will hurt his oil profits for all of his family and friends. The price has gotten a little too far out of hand.