A plant biologist engineers a drought-resistant maize variety that yields 5.6 metric tons per hectare, a 40% increase over the conventional 4.4-ton variety. If the modified crop uses 25% less water, and the conventional crop uses 2,800 m³ per hectare, how many tons of grain are produced per 1,000 m³ of water for the modified crop?

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