http://wsws.org/articles/2012/jul2012/corn-j21.shtml
Grain prices spike as US crops fail By Naomi Spencer 21 July 2012 The worst drought in the United States in more than half a century poses widespread crop failures in most of the nation’s agricultural states and a spike in the cost of staple grains worldwide. With a record 1,300 counties now officially declared disaster areas and more than two-thirds of the country stricken by drought, the situation is comparable to 1934 and 1936—the worst years of the Dust Bowl. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
