1.) Natural disasters, such as droughts and fires, have hurt lowered wheat supply. With a shift in the supply line to the left, prices have gone up. 2.) 3.) As expectations of a low supply of wheat increased, demand increased among consumers and speculators, so prices increased. 4.) Cereal and Bread 5.) 6.) The top 5 wheat producing countries are China, India, Russia, the United States, and France. 7.) Egypt and Saudi Arabia import wheat. 8.) A bumper crop refers to a particularly productive harvest yielded for a particular crop. This allowed the US to withstand a down year 9.) 10.) No, the US should not ban exports, because they do not lack supply, and therefore can afford to ship out wheat supplies.