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Economy & Business - June 2004
USDA optimism at odds with local figures
The US Department of Agriculture is continuing to be optimistic about the level of the world soya crop. This is despite increasing evidence from local sources which suggests that the USDA claims that soya crops in South America would continue to rise are over-optimistic.
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