FORT MADISON, Iowa (Reuters) - The swollen Mississippi River ran over the top of at least nine more levees on Wednesday as floodwaters swallowed up more U.S. farmland, feeding inflation fears as corn prices soared to a record high.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said a levee broke at 1 a.m. CDT (0600 GMT) near Meyer, Illinois, leaving more than 17,000 acres of prime farmland at risk from the floodwaters.
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