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Pork and chicken set to join luxury list

Pork and chicken will join beef on the menu of expensive meats as drought and US ethanol policy combine in a corn "disaster", the head of the world’s largest pork producer has said.

The cost of the main ingredients in animal feed, corn and soyameal, have set records this month as the worst drought in half a century and extreme heat damages crops in the US, the world’s main surplus producer.

(Source: CNBC)