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...their crops shriveled. "My potatoes that should be fist-sized are as big as my thumb," complained a farmer near the small Bavarian village of Hersbruck. "That's what this cursed weather has done." The drought has also turned what promised to be a record British grain harvest into a disaster, lowering harvest expectations from 17.5 million tons to an anticipated 13.8 million. The grain shortage, in turn, is expected to drive the price of animal feed up by some 20%, thus raising the price of beef. Agricultural losses in Germany could be as much as $2 billion...
...UNITED STATES has also been hit by drought. In California, forests and canyons are tinder dry, and the fire danger is high. Reservoirs in Colorado are down. Drought-caused crop losses in Wisconsin are estimated at $400 million. Despite drought in some areas, however, American growers are expected to harvest more than 2 billion bu. of wheat...
...until the fourth day that their domination was broken, and then not by the U.S. but by the Russians, who swept the 200-meter breaststroke. Through the first five days, Shirley Babashoff, who was the United States' one gold-medal hopeful, was kept to a respectable but disappointing harvest of two silvers-in the 200-and 400-meter freestyle. Canadians, Soviets, Dutch and Americans took eight other medals. That left the East Germans with the remaining seven golds, four silvers and two bronzes...
...crop production" report for 1976, the nation's corn crop will reach a record 6.55 billion bu. this year. Since corn is a key livestock feed, its abundance should help to hold down the price of meat. An equally important crop will do almost as well: the wheat harvest should come in at a near record 2.04 billion bu. This torrent of grain will not cause a glut that will harm farm prices, however, because the U.S.S.R. and drought-stricken Europe stand ready to buy the U.S. surpluses...
Some grim spots nonetheless mar the glowing predictions. The nation's harvest of oats will plummet 24% below last year's, to 499 million bu.-the lowest level in 95 years-and the output of barley will drop 19%, to 311 million bu. Part of the reason is that the largest oats- and barley-producing states are bedeviled by drought. Most agricultural counties in the Dakotas, Wisconsin and Minnesota are critically dry; many have been declared disaster areas. The situation is so bad for farmers, says Agronomist Howard Wilkins of North Dakota State University, that "Santa Claus...