Word: harvested
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...State Fair in Des Moines, Ford declared that a "sound, fully productive agriculture is a key element in this nation's quest for peace. Our sale of grain and other foodstuffs to the rest of the world is one of the brightest areas in our economy, a green harvest we all understand." Without these sales, he maintained, the U.S. would lose $12 billion in earnings from international trade...
...grain exporters to refrain from negotiating any more sales to Moscow until further notice. (The Administration has no statutory authority to order such a suspension, but 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...
...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...
...Soviet harvest. With its customary secrecy, the Soviet Union refuses to supply accurate information about future grain needs. Last month, however, a U.S. Department of Agriculture team was allowed to examine virtually all major Soviet agricultural areas. The findings: because of sparse snowfalls that ruined much of the winter wheat and a drought that decimated the summer plantings, the Soviet grain harvest will fall roughly 25 to 30 million tons below the 215 million-ton goal. The CIA, using different sources, reportedly puts the shortfall at a stunning 50 million tons -far more grain than the Soviet Union can hope...
...grain dealers to enter into no more contracts with the Soviet traders until the U.S. corn and wheat crops could be more precisely forecast. The greatest uncertainty had been over corn. The loss from Iowa's drought was estimated to be as much as 5% of the national harvest, yet corn was still expected to approach 6 billion bu., about a 25% rise over last year's crop. After looking at the figures, Butz was expected to signal a resumption of negotiations with the Russians this week...