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WORLD NEWS BRAZIL-SOY 4 MCT
Farm workers start planting the 2009 harvest of soy in a property in Primavera do Oeste, Mato Grosso, where falling commodities prices, increased production costs due the the sharp appreciation of the dollar in relation of the local currency, the real, and dramatic reduction in credit availlability can seriously affect the town's economy, largely dependent on soy production for export. (Andre Vieira/MCT)

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