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...earth. Says Ed Grady of the state's farm bureau: "Our concern is that the frost may penetrate the ground more deeply than it would with a snow cover," thus damaging crops planted this winter. "This is about as dry as I can remember," observes Eldon Merklin, an Oklahoma farmer who planted 1,200 acres of wheat last month. "I had to plant some of it twice after it died because of lack of moisture." Adds South Dakota Agriculture Secretary Rodger Pearson, who reckons that his state's farmers lost $600 million worth of crops in the summer...
...psychology in Oklahoma City...
...Oklahoma City 99, Detroit...
...national championship polls that he ran the score to 37-9 against South Carolina in the Gator Bowl to impress the judges. Florida State, ranked No. 2, was hoping for an Orange Bowl victory to capture the No. 1 spot, but the Seminoles lost 18-17 when Oklahoma scored a touchdown and a two-point conversion in the final minutes. Thus when the final polls were published, Georgia remained firmly...
...diesel fuel, and, of course, the weather. The grain belt's perennial Cassandras are already predicting terrible weather for the spring and summer. This time, though, they have real reason for worry. Last summer's drought left the subsoil in the lower wheat-growing states of Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas seriously dehydrated. Another dry summer would cut yields in these areas significantly, and the outlook for rain is not good. Says Iowa's agricultural climatologist Paul Waite: "When a dry spell goes over a year, it is likely to run on to two years...