美国一直拥有年复一年的“创纪录收成”,这取决于你如何衡量它。
America's been blessed with year after year of "record harvests," depending on how you measure it.
那么,当那些“创纪录的收成”不再出现时会发生什么?
So what happens when those "record harvests" no longer materialize?
根据粮农组织2009年的第一次预测,预计今年世界谷物产量将比2008年的创纪录水平减少3%,但仍是有史以来的第二大收成。
This year's world cereal production is forecast to decline by 3 percent from the 2008 record, but it would still be the second largest crop ever, according to FAO's first 2009 forecast.
巴西大豆出口商担心,在主要粮食港口巴拉那实施转基因生物禁令的情况下,创纪录的大豆收成将使港口的后勤服务在未来几个月陷入极度因境。
Brazilian soy exporters are concerned that a ban on genetically modified organisms at the main grains port of Paranagua and a record soy crop will lead to a logistics nightmare in coming months.
今年生物燃料将消耗美国创纪录的玉米收成的三分之一。
This year biofuels will take a third of Americas (record) maize harvest.
今年生物燃料将消耗美国创纪录的玉米收成的三分之一。
This year biofuels will take a third of Americas (record) maize harvest.
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