04-09-2012 08:42 AM | USA

US drought prompts grain rises

International wheat prices have climbed heavily in the last month after several maize crop downgrades by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), as the Midwest 'corn-belt' gets baked.

The United States (US) is the world's largest maize producer and much of the American crop is under serious pressure as it battles a mid-west drought while in the crucial pollination period.
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