In October the Guernsey Farmers' Association announced a fall in milk yields due to sustained wind and rain and poor crop harvests.
To make things worse, a cyclone has devastated India's largest port, Kandla, killing more than 1, 000, and a poor crop has sent vegetable prices spiralling up.
Furthermore, a poor potato crop this year boosted input costs and should continue to be a headwind going forward.
The couple remained on the island until 1930, when a desperately low population, crop failures and poor infrastructure, meant living there was no longer sustainable.
The outlook for the winter wheat crop is also poor, with India's main reservoirs, a source for irrigation canals, one-third below their seasonal average.
This meant she was unable to use the fertilizer, which led to a poor harvest of her maize crop, which meant less food for her children.
Far from the farmer bearing the heartache of a colt dying in his arms or poor weather wiping out a crop, he has somehow managed to transfer the risk to you.
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Researchers suggest that the grapes are chosen and grown to maximize quantity, not quality, and that the grapes are picked as soon as possible to minimize risk of poor weather that could destroy the crop.
Right now, half of the corn crop in America is in poor or very poor condition.
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Nearly half of America's corn crop was also rated very poor to poor, while 57% of its pastures and range land were similarly graded.
Jersey's potato crop will be delayed this year because of the poor weather.
The farm said it was having to buy in the extra feed because of the the poor quality of last year's home-grown silage crop.
They impose draconian penalties on suppliers for failing to deliver agreed quantities of fresh fruits and vegetables during the year, which force farmers to grow a much bigger crop than they need as a form of insurance against poor weather and other factors that may reduce their yield.
The company blames the poor harvest in 2012 for the move, together with worries about this year's crop due to recent flooding.
Shallow plowing, no crop rotation, inadequate seedbeds, and other habits sustained by lore and tradition resulted in poor production and soil exhaustion.
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