Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:00 CST - Want relief from high food prices? Then root for dry weather. Analysts who follow the crop markets said good growing conditions this season are needed to take the edge off rising commodity prices. Inflation in basic food ingredients has slugged grocery shoppers and caused agricultural interests to complain that speculators have driven prices to unjustifiable levels. But experts said prices could rise more if a wet spring continues across the nation's midsection and further delays farmers from planting crops in muddy fields.

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