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Sunday, July 8, 2012

US drought hits global grain outlook: FAO

US drought hits global grain outlook: FAO

Paris (AFP) July 5, 2012
Drought in the United States affecting mainly corn crops will cut forecast world production of grain this year by 23 million tonnes to 2.396 billion tonnes, the Food and Agriculture Organization said on Thursday. Grain market sources in Paris said that drought was also holding back crops in southern Russia and around the Black Sea. The FAO cut its forecast for output from the last estima

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