Joseph Glauber is with the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington.

约瑟夫·格劳伯就职于华盛顿国际粮食政策研究所。

Joseph Glauber is former chief economist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

约瑟夫·格劳伯是美国农业部前首席经济学家。

When the water hits the cold air, it forms Glauber's salt, also know as mirabilite.

当水接触到冷空气时，它会形成格劳伯氏盐，也被称为芒硝。

Glauber said that " 75 percent of the costs are coming after it leaves the farm."

格劳伯说，“75%的成本是在它离开农场后产生的。”

Glauber, who also is a former economist from the Department of Agriculture, said changes are likely to continue.

格劳伯也曾是农业部的经济学家，他说，这种变化可能会继续下去。

Glauber said prices for corn and wheat are given in dollars per ton.

格劳伯说，玉米和小麦的价格是以每吨多少美元计算的。

In other countries, Glauber said, a strong U.S. dollar is to blame for keeping food prices high.

格劳伯说，在其他国家，强势美元是食品价格居高不下的罪魁祸首。

" I couldn't point my finger at the fact that we just have a handful of meat producers, " Glauber said.

“我无法指责我们只有少数几家肉类生产商的事实。”

Food inflation, Glauber said, " will come down, but it's going to come down slowly, largely because these other factors are still running pretty high."

格劳伯说，食品通胀率“将会下降，但下降速度很慢，这主要是因为这些其他因素的成本仍然很高。”

Glauber, who is now a researcher at the International Food Policy Research Institute, is not sure that mergers are the reason for high food prices.

格劳伯现在是国际食物政策研究所的研究员，他不确定合并是否是食品价格高企的原因。

In the long term, Glauber said, the shortage might cause countries to change the amount of vegetable oils required to be mixed with fuel as a way to reduce pollution.

格劳伯说，从长远来看，短缺可能会导致各国改变在燃料中混入植物油的数量，这种方法可以减少污染。