Word: corns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...just go back to dry-land farming." To the farmers of the Great Plains, those words summon up visions of The Grapes of Wrath. Dry-land farming means larger farms with lower yields, fewer workers and probably higher prices in the supermarkets. Cattlemen know that less water means less corn and therefore smaller herds. Grubb calls such farming the "Russian roulette" of agriculture. Over a ten-year period, he says, dry-land farming will yield two strong harvests, four average ones and four "busts...
...young officers circle White at a lunch of steak, corn on the cob and strawberry shortcake. They have an intense curiosity about the White House and Presidents, about the center of a power structure that binds them and shapes their lives but that most will never personally hear or see. As nuclear engines throb quietly below the waves, they ask questions about the actions of Kennedy, Nixon and Carter. Perhaps they are too polite, or too young, to wonder out loud if Ronald Reagan knows what he is doing in this dangerous world...
...Argentina's few important economic friends at present is the Soviet Union. So far this year, the Soviets have bought 2.6 million tons of Argentine wheat, 68% of the amount available for export. The Soviets also will continue being big customers for Argentine corn, sorghum and soybeans...
Asked to make sense of Pharaoh's dreams about fat and lean cows and plump and withered ears of corn, Joseph took them as signs of coming events. The Book of Genesis records his forecast: "Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt. And there shall arise after them seven years of famine." Pharaoh was so pleased to get a fix on the future that he made Joseph the ruler of Egypt. If Joseph materialized now, politics would make it hard for him to get his old job back, but with his proven...
Even more hurtful to farmers has been the worldwide recession. This and the strength of the dollar abroad have cut into U.S. agricultural exports, which normally account for nearly one-fourth of farm income. But so far this year exports of corn, for example, are down about onefourth. The Soviet Union, stung by the 1980 U.S. grain embargo (which one economic consulting firm estimates cost American agribusiness $22 billion), has spread out its purchases among more suppliers. Of the 43 million metric tons of grain it is expected to import from the West this year, the Soviet Union...