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Asian crop output falls as El Nino strengthens

Rice and palm oil supplies at risk in Southeast Asia, wet weather will help US wheat

Trucks with fresh oil palm fruit bunches queue for unloading at a factory in West Aceh, Indonesia in May last year. (Photo: Antara Foto via Reuters)

SINGAPORE: An unusually dry August has taken a toll on cereal and oilseed crops in Asia as El Nino intensifies, and forecasts for lower rainfall in September are further threatening to disrupt supplies.

While wheat output forecasts are being revised lower due to dry weather in Australia, the world’s second largest exporter, record-low…

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