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...question is how much time. As Bob Kerr, a wheat grower in Altus, Okla., and lifelong Democrat, puts it, "I'll admit our problems didn't start with Reagan. But farmers just couldn't be worse off than they are now. If things don't change, the farm economy will certainly be an issue in two more years...
...farmers, who have watched grain prices fall sharply because of the recession and an overabundance of commodities, are generally delighted by the influx of Japanese. Nebraska Wheat Grower Jake Sims figures that they have helped add three cents to four cents a bushel to the value of his crop, which currently is worth about $3.70 a bushel. Says he: "I don't care if it's Japanese, or Swedes, or whoever coming in. More competition means a better price, and we can use all the help we can get these days...
...notorious employer of illegal farm laborers is Ukegawa Brothers Inc., a large tomato grower in northern San Diego County. Says Chris Hartmire, an assistant to the president of the United Farm Workers of America: "The Ukegawa workers are living on the ground, under trees, under shrubs, in makeshift huts. They're in a semi-slave situation." The workers bathe in irrigation canals and often drink contaminated water...
...finally threatened to embargo all California produce. By then, it may have been too late. Two weeks ago, on what San Joaquin farmers now call Black Friday, a fertile female Medfly was discovered in a trap placed in an apricot orchard owned by Gene Bays, a third-generation California grower in the small town of Westley (pop. 800), near the western edge of the rich farm lands...
...list are California, Oregon and Hawaii, the top marijuana producers. The DEA fears political fallout in the two Western states and rules out the islands because of logistical problems. If the DEA gets its way, the first state to be sprayed will be Florida. Although not a leading marijuana grower, Florida may be receptive because of its severe drug-smuggling problem. But there is bound to be public protest. No matter how carefully the DEA maps marijuana fields, paraquat is dangerous to other plant life because it drifts in the wind. The spraying itself may also present a public health...