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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...would like to see everyone else sacrifice too." Sinner has yet to sell most of his 1979 crop and has yet to decide on his spring planting. He could switch more of his land to durum wheat ?all of which is sold to domestic manufacturers of spaghetti and macaroni???or to sunflowers and sugar beets. But sunflowers are in oversupply, and sugar-beet processors are working overtime to absorb the 1979 harvest. Said Sinner: "Probably there's going to be some crop switching. But I figure it's a big guessing game every spring anyway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grain Becomes a Weapon | 1/21/1980 | See Source »

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