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Rural economy booming as commodity prices soar

Jun 06, 2008

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Farmers across the heartland, who once watched as their livelihoods withered under drought and market glut, are now cashing in on a rural economic boom driven by soaring commodity prices for the crops and oil that comes from their land.

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