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...Days. French and German winegrowers said that the long, hot summer was swelling grapes on the vine and would produce a vintage crop. Elsewhere, the sizzling sun brought punishing drought. The French government declared parts of Brittany and Normandy agricultural disaster areas. The grain crop was expected to be off by 10%, and there were fears as well for corn and potato harvests. Because of a lack of hay for cattle, milk production plunged...
...farm surplus were not exported, it would have to be stockpiled, probably at Government expense. The wheat harvest, for example, is coming in at a record level, and the Agriculture Department estimates that less than half of it will be required for domestic consumption. Thus out of an expected crop of some 2.2 billion bushels, only 800 million is needed at home. But as Secretary Butz repeatedly demonstrates by dramatically peeling three slices off an 18-slice loaf of bread, the farmers' income from selling wheat accounts for only one-sixth of the supermarket price of bread. Rising costs...
...Russians began making deals with private American grain exporters, signing contracts for the purchase of 228 million bu. of feed grains (mostly corn), 154 million bu. of wheat and 46 million bu. of barley; 2) one of the driest months of July in 30 years afflicted the corn crop in Iowa, which normally produces one-fifth of the U.S. total, thus casting doubt on the previous forecasts; 3) the Agriculture Department's shaky estimates of Soviet grain production were revised downward from 210 million to 185 million tons because of continued droughts in the Soviet Union plus better intelligence...
...prominent Southern California cattle feeder who expects meat prices to rise later as feed grains for cattle and hogs become more expensive. Butz reacted to the complaints by asking all U.S. grain dealers to enter into no more contracts with the Soviet traders until the U.S. corn and wheat crops could be more precisely forecast. The greatest uncertainty had been over corn. The loss from Iowa's drought was estimated to be as much as 5% of the national harvest, yet corn was still expected to approach 6 billion bu., about a 25% rise over last year...
...police walking slowly through the cornfield were paying little attention to the rustling crop that surrounded them. Their heads were down, their eyes focused sharply on the tilled earth of the field 100 miles southwest of Detroit. Gradually, as they worked their way up and down the rows, a thick layer of dust settled on their polished black boots. For six long, hot hours, the men doggedly checked out the report they had received by phone. Finally, they gave up and went away, convinced that wherever he was, Jimmy Hoffa-the man of the streets and highways...