Floods could reduce corn supplies, raise prices

Saturday, June 14, 2008

NEW YORK-- Floods that have inundated the Midwest could reduce world corn supplies and drive food prices higher at a time when Americans are already stretching their grocery budgets and people in poor countries have rioted over rising food costs.

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