Thread: Media: US Midwest Floods June 2008 - Worst in 15 years
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US Midwest Floods June 2008 - Worst in 15 years
"World food prices are expected to remain at historically high levels as a result of crop losses from serious flooding in the US midwest.

The floods have devastated at least 10 per cent of the corn crop in the US state of Iowa and have had an equally devastating effect on this year's soybean harvest."

Full story: US flooding locks in record food prices - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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USDA mulls all options on Midwest flood aid | Reuters

Midwest Floods Send Corn Prices Soaring - Science - redOrbit
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