Word: knutson
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...weather overseas. Midwest cattle producers have no grudge against their counterparts in Denmark, but a recent outbreak of hoof-and-mouth disease there caused Japan to suspend $215 million worth of Danish meat imports. This could mean some $100 million in unexpected sales for American cattlemen. Says Ronald Knutson, an economist at Texas A&M: "If there is a major crop failure some place in the world, we'll look back on this as a good year." American farmers may be the "miracle workers of the Western world," as President Reagan proudly says, but now many are hoping that...