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...summer drought leaves grocery bills soaring and consumers moaning...
...explosion in food prices is caused primarily by the summer's drought in the South and parts of the Midwest. In many sections of the country, the average temperatures ranged six to eight degrees above normal, and rainfall was less than half the usual amount. Says Agriculture Department Economist J. Dawson Ahalt: "If you're a farmer in Arkansas or eastern Nebraska, this drought has knocked hell out of you, really cut your yields by half in some instances...
...indicate that the demand will continue to outstrip the supply. The forced exodus of experts to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution has caught up with China; the government's recent decision to spend $670 million to upgrade the salaries for those purged is evidence enough of the manpower drought...
...indicate that the demand will continue to outstrip the supply. The forced exodus of experts to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution has caught up with China; the government's recent decision to spend $670 million to upgrade the salaries for those purged is evidence enough of the manpower drought...
...indicate that the demand will continue to outstrip the supply. The forced exodus of experts to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution has caught up with China; the government's recent decision to spend $670 million to upgrade the salaries for those purged is evidence enough of the manpower drought...