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South Africa's rand weakened past 15 per dollar for the first time since October after the country's worst quarterly economic contraction in a decade. A ruling-party debate over the central bank's mandate added to the pressure.
A weaker rand makes South African feed-grade exports cheaper but raises the local cost of imported feed inputs such as soybean meal and corn for South African buyers.
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