11.   The problems began with strong markets at home and abroad for American grain and a poor harvest last year of hay and other forage crops.

12.   U.S. farmers have complained for years that the board has used discriminatory pricing to penetrate U.S. markets and to undercut American grain in overseas markets.

13.   WHEAT FUTURES PRICES SLUMP Prices of wheat futures slumped, following an Agriculture Department prediction of larger foreign crops, raising concern that American grain would not be competitive.

14.   With his distrust of theory and embrace of experience, Dr. Spock very much belonged in the American grain.

15.   The vessel had stopped at Djibouti, in Africa across from the Arabian Peninsula, to drop off American grain as part of a food aid shipment.

16.   He added the stopover was to drop off American grain as part of a food aid shipment.

17.   American grains rose on the strength of new export contracts with Egypt.

18.   The money will be used to buy American grain, which the WFP will ship to North Korea.