How grain has gone from famine to feast
THREE YEARS ago, calamity loomed. Russia’s war in Ukraine pitted two big grain exporters against each other. Breadbaskets elsewhere faced brutal droughts. Wheat prices hit records; maize and soyabeans also surged. Then, within weeks, they fell, and have carried on sliding since. They are now close to five-year lows.
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