Word: corns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...corn-crop outlook shrivels
...American farms, food prices have risen more slowly than inflation since 1979. But last week the Government disclosed that the combination of bad weather and a controversial farm-subsidy program may augur steeper increases ahead. Based on an Aug. 1 survey, the Department of Agriculture estimated that the 1983 corn crop will be only 5.24 billion bu. That output would be 38% below last year's record level and would represent the smallest harvest since...
...Because corn is the main feed for cows, hogs and chickens, the shortfall will probably raise meat prices by the spring of 1984. Government economists estimate that the increases will drive up next year's grocery costs by 5% to 8%. Since such figures are an average for all foods, the prices of beef, pork and poultry are apt to jump even more. In the months immediately ahead, however, those prices may show an interim drop, since farmers anticipating rising grain costs because of the poor harvest will tend to sell off their livestock...
...stockpiles. The program to give away cheese had been cut back from a peak of 60 million tons per month to about 30 million tons because of pressure from manufacturers who said it was hurting sales. The amount will now rise to 40 million tons. More butter, powdered milk, corn meal and honey will also be released from federal storage. In addition, the White House is withdrawing its opposition to a bill to provide $50 million next year to help states distribute the food...
...creator of this populist style was born in 1904 in Lebanon, Ohio. He was a set designer and stage manager before he took his theatrical flair into industrial design. One of Wright's earliest and handsomest pieces, designed in the mid-'30s, was a "corn set" made of chromium-plated brass and consisting of a 5¼-in.-high melted-butter pitcher and salt and pepper shakers on a tray. His first popular hit was an assortment of spun aluminum accessories: vases, teapots, spaghetti sets and "sandwich humidors," all buffed to a pewter sheen. In a burst...