Word: croppings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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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...
...indicated that they want to buy as much as 11 million additional tons. That would push total purchases this year about a third above the 15 million tons of grain* the Soviets bought during the "Great Grain Robbery" of 1972, when they secretly gobbled up enough of the U.S. crop to help trigger an inflationary rise in food costs. Indeed, a purchase of some 21 million tons would amount to approximately 10% of this year's estimated grain crop...
...grain-export companies obey Washington's wishes.) The notice is not likely to come until after the bulk of the U.S. harvest is reaped and counted in September. Butz emphasized that "we do want to sell more to the Soviet Union" and said that if current U.S. crop forecasts prove correct, "it will easily be within our capacity to do so." Still, the U.S. could hardly spare the entire amount that the Soviets want without serious inflation...
...Lower U.S. crop forecasts. According to early estimates, the harvest of '75 was to be the bin-buster of all time, considerably exceeding even the record 1973 crop. Owing to a corn-damaging drought in Iowa and some flooding in Minnesota, Department of Agriculture experts last week revised their predictions slightly downward. The wheat harvest is now expected to be 2% less, at 2.14 billion bu.; and corn will come in 3% lower at 5.85 billion...
...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...