1.   It hits farmers of Linseed particularly hard.

2.   A combination of record wheat yields followed by a devastating drought hit American farmers with a one-two punch.

3.   But when prices for corn, wheat and other commodities declined and farmers were hit with droughts and floods, Congress responded.

4.   Coupled with disease and weather problems, this is hitting farmers hard.

5.   Farmers have been hit hard by new economic policies.

6.   Gilmer said small farmers have been hit hardest since the NAFTA agreement was put into law.

7.   Some of the money is for crop loss from hail and other storms that hit farmers hard, particularly in New York state.

8.   The drought and high temperatures have hit farmers in other states even harder than Ohio.

9.   Fertilizers are subsidized by the government and the recent price hike has hit farmers in this rice-growing nation.

10.   Farmers have been hit by low crop prices and losses from droughts in recent years.