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Corn hits record, soy rallies as floods expand

Posted by Charlie Kilo on June 13th, 2008

Food inflation will continue to skyrocket due to oil prices and flooding in the midwest:

Corn prices soared to record highs on Thursday as flooding damaged crop prospects in the U.S. Midwest, heightening concern over shrinking stocks and fueling the market’s relentless advance.  

Torrential rains have swept across the Midwest, the key growing region in the world’s top producer, resulting in floods which have destroyed homes, as well as thousands of acres of corn and soybeans.

“It’s the worst in recent memory, at a time when demand has never been higher,” said Gavin Maguire, analyst with Iowa Grain in Chicago.

“We have lower (corn) acres to begin with, and now we have to expect a lower yield because of the bad growing season. So it all spells tighter corn supplies down the road,” he said.

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