The larger and more important issue is whether this year's bad crop yield is an omen of what we should expect going forward.

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Watchdog groups warn the savings may not last because the crop insurance has no caps, and in bad crop years, the cost to taxpayers could explode.

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This dependence is a cause of some irony: in the case of soybeans, we see that the bad crop has caused distress in China, where the ubiquitous bean is the source of much of its cooking oil and is a cherished food.

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That would be the right prescription if Andersen and Enron were the bad apples in a good crop.

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Mehra says there is nothing even remotely artistic about this new trend as, unlike in the case of singing stars of yesteryears, the present crop of stars are bad singers.

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If a crop or plant is having a bad season and needs pesticide, the community will stop growing it and go without.

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The recent surge in sugar prices comes after a bad harvest, that of corn after official warnings of a lower-than-expected crop.

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The results are so bad that they call into question Big Pharma's ability to come up with a new crop of cholesterol blockbusters.

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