Jeff Scates, a farmer in Southern Illinois, said about 75% of his family's farm was underwater last spring, and he didn't finish planting his corn crop until early June.

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And it was on one of those days that spring, on a trip to a farm in Chantilly, VA, that Frank Christopher took the photograph.

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With costs still outstripping returns he said a difference of even two pence per litre could allow the farm to survive until the spring, when the herd returns to pasture, lowering overheads.

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The Lithuanians are especially in need of fuel for tractors and other mechanized farm equipment needed for the crucial spring planting.

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Sabra has provided financial support for chickpea research at Virginia State University, and this spring, Virginia State recruited farmers to plant chickpeas in on-farm trials.

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