US-WEATHER-DROUGHT

August 22, 2012 | 3:53 PM
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Rotting corn damaged by severe drought on a farm near Bruceville, Indiana, August 16, 2012. Record heat throughout the US farm belt states have curtailed crop production and likely will send corn and soybean prices to record highs according to the US Department of Agriculture.

AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read )

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