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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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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, all can seriously affect the town's economy, largely dependent on soy production for export. (Andre Vieira/MCT)
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Flabio Pawlina do Amaral stands at the soy fields he planted in a leased 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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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, all can seriously affect the town's economy, largely dependent on soy production for export. (Andre Vieira/MCT)
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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, all can seriously affect the town's economy, largely dependent on soy production for export. (Andre Vieira/MCT)
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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, all can seriously affect the town's economy, largely dependent on soy production for export. (Andre Vieira/MCT)
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Getulio Viana, mayor of Primavera do Oeste, stands at the gas station he owns in the town, together with several acres of farm land and a few other businesses. (Andre Vieira/MCT)
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Paulo Borghetti, a medium sized soy farmer, stands at his 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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