Uruguay's cattle have largely escaped, but 10% of its main grain crop, rice, has gone.

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He used the patented soybeans for his main spring crop, but went to a local grain elevator and purchased so-called commodity seeds for a riskier, late-season crop.

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Zambia's problems have been compounded by floods which have wiped out a large proportion of this year's crop, coinciding with a shortfall of grain - particularly the country's main staple, maize - across Southern Africa.

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