* Corn, soybean prices spike on hot, dry U.S. weather * Toronto-listed fertilizer shares up, but lag corn gains * Machinery dealers, meat packers likely to suffer By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Aug 12 (Reuters) - While U.S. crops of corn and soybeans wilt in the worst U.S. drought in a half century, winners and losers are emerging in the agriculture sector of the Toronto Stock Exchange, even if investors are playing it cautious so far. The drought in the key Midwest growing region has severely curtailed crop yields and harvest projections, pumping up new-crop Chicago corn futures more than 50 percent since June 1 and driving other grain prices higher too. But picking stock-market winners...
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