Word: harvesters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...American Highway near the capital, have been destroyed by the government bombings directed against the guerrillas who were camped there two weeks ago. More serious is the destruction of Nicaragua's crops: agriculture normally provides 80% of the country's foreign exchange. This year's harvest of the country's leading farm export, cotton, has been all but lost, and planting for next year's crop has been curtailed by the fighting. The picking of coffee beans, Nicaragua's second largest export, has also suffered...
...found to ship $50 million in produce to Northern markets. An estimated 45% of the state's $30 million watermelon crop has been spoiled. Produce brokers are offering up to 35% above normal pay to anyone willing to haul produce, and about 90% of the Southern harvest is being moved. Says Jack Gilchrist of the Georgia department of agriculture: "We were right on the edge of catastrophe when things changed for us. They are improving every...
...rebuilding their still skimpy herds, pork production is at near record levels and poultry should continue to be plentiful. Last week the DOA reported that acreage planted in wheat is up 8% and corn acreage is about the same as last year. The department is now predicting a substantial harvest, if not a bin-buster, this fall...
...Energy. The Government responded by lifting the regulation that allowed farmers to get all the diesel oil they needed. The Administration hopes that the change will allow the truckers to get more fuel without antagonizing the farmers, many of whom are now between spring planting and the fall harvest...
...eats at the Harvest on Brattle St.? Business and law students-they're the only ones who can afford it. But if you can too, the food is excellent, with imaginative and carefully planned daily specials...