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China Declares Emergency as Drought Bites

Reuters reports on a severe drought hitting central and northern China:The drought gripping parts of central and northern China has sent Zhengzhou wheat futures prices up 5 percent this week but physical prices have not moved, with most investors confident the country’s reserves and last year’s big harvest can offset any fall in wheat production this spring. But the drought could hurt