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Record September rain soaks Ecuador cocoa belt as El Niño arrives early

Guayaquil logs its wettest September since 1961 and a Quevedo station nearly six times its normal rain, as growers and exporters warn of flower loss and frosty pod rot ahead of the March-April crop

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