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Corn rockets to 3-year high as traders eye lower US production

CANBERRA: Chicago corn futures shot to a three-year high on Monday, after a tour of US farm regions by analysts last week found that crops were in worse condition than many expected. Wheat futures rose to their highest in two years as tit-for-tat attacks by Russia and Ukraine continued to curtail exports from Black Sea ports.

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