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A note posted behind the counter at the Drag's Slices & Ices warns customers that the business has had to increase its prices.

Written by owner Gene Meshbane, the note attributes the hike to the nationwide increase in prices of flour.

The drought in Australia is reducing exports of wheat and causing the global price to rise, reports Nick Bryant.

A rogue trader dealing in wheat contracts has caused his company more than $140m (£70m) in losses.

The WTO probes US support for soya, wheat, corn, rice and other crops, after complaints from Canada and Brazil.