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The rand fell to 13.1700 per dollar as emerging market currencies gave back recent gains after US President Donald Trump questioned the future of NAFTA. Government bonds rose and South African headline inflation slowed to 4.6% in July.
Emerging-market risk aversion and NAFTA uncertainty push the rand weaker, raising the local cost of imported feed ingredients. Broader grain price effects are limited.
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