Food Prices Slide 6th Month to 4-Year Low as Grains Fall
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World food prices fell for a sixth month in September, the longest slide since 2009, as the cost of dairy, grains, cooking oils and sugar declined amid prospects for rising production.
An index of 55 food items dropped 2.6 percent month-on-month to 191.5 points, the lowest since August 2010, the United Nation’s Rome-based Food & Agriculture Organization said in an online report today.