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I'm John Baxter with Simon Constable of Wall Street Journal Kiplingers, Barons, other

distinguished publications.

He is in the South of France, reporting on a price spike in rice.

This is connected, generally speaking, to the climate, El Niño Winter.

For North America, El Niño Summer, Spring Summer, for the Southern Hemisphere.

Simon, a very good day to you.

Rice is spiking.

Why?

Good evening to you.

Good evening to you.

Well, El Niño, as you said, is making a big impact across the world in many, many different

ways.

And in South Asia, which is basically Myanmar, India and Thailand, where you get a lot of

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