Soil moisture offsets low rain in Ivory Coast, boosts cocoa mid-crop - Reuters

Soil moisture compensated below-average rainfall in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa-growing regions last week as the April-to-September mid-crop continues to develop and yield large fruit, farmers said on Monday.

ABIDJAN, May 23 (Reuters) - Soil moisture compensated below-average rainfall in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa-growing regions last week as the April-to-September mid-crop continues to develop and yield… [+1796 chars]

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