An electrical pylon is seen reflected in the floodwaters at a flooded corn farm after the rains and floods brought by remnants of Typhoon Doksuri, in Zhuozhou, Hebei province, China Aug 7, 2023. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File photo SINGAPORE/BEIJING – Floods have damaged corn and rice crops in China's key northern grain-producing belt, traders and analysts said, with more rain in the forecast as another typhoon approaches, threatening to add to global food inflation pressures. The hit to China's cereal crops – the full extent of which is not yet clear – comes as consumers worldwide face tightening food supplies amid India's ban on rice exports last month and disruptions in Black Sea grain shipments caused by the war in Ukraine.
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