Reuters: New threat to Brazil's breadbasket: a pesky caterpillar

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New threat to Brazil's breadbasket: a pesky caterpillar

SAO DESIDERIO, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazilian farmers are battling a voracious caterpillar that likely arrived from Asia, challenging the agricultural superpower's widely touted mastery of tropical farming just as it is on the verge of becoming the world's top soybean producer.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654218/s/379a6502/sc/24/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><div class="feedflare">
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