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Staples including wheat, beef and coffee are all being affected by the lack of rainfall. In some cases, prices are climbing to record highs.
By Somini Sengupta
War, tariffs and inflation are not the only things driving up the price of food. Widespread drought is also looming over what people around the world eat.
In Brazil, parched coffee farms have affected latte prices everywhere. In the Midwestern United States, years of poor rains have led ranchers to cull cattle herds and have raised beef prices to their highest levels ever.
