61.   Heavy rains drenched the parched plantations to such an extent that prices fell in the expectation of a bumper harvest this year.

62.   However, it did not sow the seeds of a bumper harvest.

63.   In fact all of the major exporting countries reaped bumper harvests this year.

64.   India could set off a downward spiral if it decides to launch mass exports after its bumper harvest.

65.   A bumper harvest in Pakistan, which is one of the leading cotton producers in the world, dented prices this week.

66.   A bumper rice harvest and slumping world prices have resulted in massive stockpiles of unsold Vietnamese rice being held by farmers, local reports said Thursday.

67.   Another tropical product, cocoa, is down in the dumps after a bumper Ivory Coast harvest.

68.   But in the long term, prices looked set to fall in the face of a bumper harvest around the world.

69.   Dealers were also troubled by the prospect of bumper harvests in Australia and Argentina this year.

70.   Coffee, sugar and grain prices all fell under the weight of bumper harvests around the world.