51.   Worse, marauding militias drove people from their land during the planting season, preventing seed from being sown.

52.   With the spring planting season about over, the town hopes to get the yard landscaped in the fall.

53.   A long dry spell in key growing regions in Brazil has the market nervous about negative repercussions during planting season.

54.   A wet and soggy start to the spring planting season also could pose a serious problem for American supplies, traders said.

55.   After two years with nothing more than a drizzle, officials have canceled the summer planting season for the first time ever.

56.   Aid workers, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the seemingly organized, large-scale displacement during the planting season could cause serious food shortages.

57.   Already stricken by severe food shortages, North Korea said Thursday that droughts are setting in across the isolated communist state during the crucial planting season.

58.   Berthiaume said the U.N. food agency was especially worried that the local population had no seeds for the forthcoming planting season.

59.   Corn futures also were boosted by strong fund buying and premiums added for potential weather problems during the summer planting season.

60.   During spring planting season, tractors with wide tillage equipment and planters crawl along rural roads.