Word: croppings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...addition to food, independents haul much of the nation's steel and other raw materials, and the impact of the strike is already being felt. Major citrus and produce growers are unable to ship their crops North. As a result, the price of oranges, strawberries and other perishables will rise. Because of material shortages, Armco Steel Corp. closed its Columbus plant indefinitely, throwing 565 people out of work. Republic Steel, Youngstown Sheet & Tube and U.S. Steel may close their plants in Youngstown. Strike leaders predict that unless the Government offers them a more satisfactory deal, food shortages will begin...
...demands later this year. The Government's best estimate is that less than 200 million bu. of wheat will be left in hand by the end of the marketing year in July, the slenderest reserve since the end of World War II. A strong winter wheat crop, which begins trickling onto the market in late May, would ease the pinch. To boost supplies in the meantime. President Nixon last week lifted import quotas that had been in effect since 1941, thus enabling U.S. customers to bolster their orders of Canadian wheat...
...fertilizer known as anhydrous ammonia, Warren Dewlen, chairman of the Fertilizer Institute, says: "Inventories are only half of what they should be at this time, and the outlook for improving the situation is dim." Some farm experts believe that the lack of fertilizers alone could cut crop yields by as much as 20%, worsening the shortage crunch in raw agricultural products...
...noted that in India alone the reduction in fertilizer production will reduce their crop by enough food to feed 10 million people...
...reliable veteran center, Ralph Backstrom, to the Los Angeles Kings, who were struggling with the Seals to stay out of last place. Backstrom's arrival kept the Kings out of the cellar. Pollock is such a shrewd trader that the Canadiens consistently come up with a spectacular crop of rookie stars; as a result, Montreal has won the Stanley Cup six out of the past nine years. "Expansion," says Pollock, "has been a great thing." What is great for Pollock, however, is not necessarily great for hockey...