71. The wheat decline was partly offset by a good autumn harvest, Wang said. 72. The weather is cooperating, and generous rains promise a good harvest of export crops like gum Arabic and peanuts. 73. Wheat futures recovered from early losses that set new contract lows, based on forecasts for good harvest weather in the Southern Plains. 74. Good harvests are expected in the Horn of Africa countries of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya and Somalia. 75. Government officials and the diplomatic corps gathered in the park while saffron-robed monks chanted prayers for a good harvest and several thousand spectators lined the surrounding streets. 76. In the eastern Indian hills of Chotanagpur, tribespeople try to abduct children each year, believing their blood, if sprinked on fields, guarantees a good harvest. 77. For peasants, sexual relations bore promise of good harvests as well as being for reproduction. 78. FAO forecast a good harvest of grains in the Sahelian countries of west Africa. 79. The preliminary data was revised after record harvests in Brazil and Thailand, and good harvests in India and Australia. 80. The plowing ceremony, designed to encourage a good harvest and predict its outcome, appeared to have had the desired results. |