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Ironically, one key purveyor of the bad news to the Soviets has been the U.S. Department of Agriculture. So accurate have its forecasts of Soviet yields proved in the past that the distribution of DOA news bulletins in Washington this summer regularly attracted Soviet journalists. According to U.S. specialists who have analyzed satellite photos of Soviet farm land and who have also visited rural areas, the 1981 grain yield will amount to less than 185 million metric tons-21.6% below the target of 236 million in the current Soviet five-year plan. Grain production will be up imperceptibly from...
...almonds. California need only look across the Pacific for an example of the fly's destructive power. Hawaii has been infested since 1910. The only fruit it exports in large quantities is the thick-skinned pineapple, which is immune to the bug. Says Dr. Leroy Williamson, a DOA scientist in Honolulu: "Prior to the fruit flies, we had an abundance of fruit. Now we compete with these insects for our food...
...futures prices began early in June, when the DOA confirmed rumors that because of late planting and un usually dry, windy weather this spring, the 1979 Soviet grain crop could come in at between 170 million and 210 million metric tons; that would be far under the record 237 million metric tons harvested in 1978 and as much as 25% below the Kremlin's target for this year...
...production, is estimated to be a hefty 1.43 billion bu., 8% more than was expected in May. Though beef will remain in short supply until ranchers finish rebuilding their still skimpy herds, pork production is at near record levels and poultry should continue to be plentiful. Last week the DOA reported that acreage planted in wheat is up 8% and corn acreage is about the same as last year. The department is now predicting a substantial harvest, if not a bin-buster, this fall...
...auto accident while driving north from singing engagements in Mississippi. After her black Samaritan driver had been turned away from white hospitals, she at last reached a hospital that was willing to admit her. Too late. In the grisly abbreviation of the hospital industry, she was DOA-dead on arrival...