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OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - The most extensive drought in five decades has left corn plants withered and dying, and crop yields in the largest producing states will be much lower than experts have forecast, scouts said on Friday as they completed a U.S. Midwest crop tour.
MSN: Drought slashes Midwest corn crop
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Notably, Zimbabwe has unearthed a fine crop of young seam bowlers, while Bangladesh will be left ruing the way in which the same old problems with its batting resurfaced with a vengeance.
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So hailstones might destroy a crop in one locality when another, 20 miles away, is left entirely untouched.
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But a relatively new crop of "hyperlocal" news sites is growing into the void left by failing news organizations.
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He was universally acclaimed through most of his career, but in the latter years the left turned against him because he was willing to use fertilizer and pesticides to increase crop yield.
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That left the Scots as champions by virtue of points scored, but how does the current crop compare with that of 10 years ago?
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This latest crop, including mortgage REITs and private-equity funds, is filling some of the void left by banks that have disappeared or recoiled postcrisis.
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