21.   Others blame the deficit on poor Brazilian harvests and delays in shipments from Asia.

22.   Reserves serve as a cushion against poor harvests.

23.   Reserves, which serve as a cushion against poor harvests, represent a little more than three weeks of consumption.

24.   Short grain supplies, depleted by strong overseas demand and poor harvests, are forcing grain prices to near-record levels.

25.   Such extraordinarily suffering was a result partly of poor harvests, and partly of government demands that peasants grow tobacco and other crops for export.

26.   Still, an unusually poor harvest this year could force that country to buy wheat on the international market.

27.   The high risk of poor harvests is particularly worrying because worldwide corn and wheat supplies began the year near historic lows when measured against how much is being consumed.

28.   The hot summer produced a poor harvest with fewer, smaller pumpkins and prices in many regions doubled from last year.

29.   The hottest summer in years has delivered what farmers call a poor harvest with fewer, smaller pumpkins.

30.   The hottest summer in years has delivered what farmers are calling a poor pumpkin harvest and accordingly, prices in many regions have doubled from last year.