61.   Dr Sulaiman said only the padi planting season in the KemubuAgricultural Development Authority area was affected by the dry weather.

62.   Expectations of strong weekly export sales and forecasts suggesting a slow start to planting season limited the decline.

63.   Farmers now are likely to switch to soybeans planting because it is becoming too late in the planting season for corn.

64.   Halfway into a four-month planting season, Alinaqi has plowed some of his fields.

65.   He suggested that the Ministry increase allocations to make this possible and schedule planting seasons for fruits and vegetables.

66.   If the country does not receive rain soon, the spring planting season will be threatened.

67.   In eastern Afghanistan, the Taliban fell in late November, almost a month into the planting season.

68.   In La Nueva Estrella, afflicted peasants will miss the critical corn harvest and bean planting seasons.

69.   In other commodity trading, corn futures plummeted to contract lows, pressured by weak export data and U.S. forecasts showing better weather for the spring planting season.

70.   Many Nicaraguan farmers and peasants burn land to prepare for planting season, believing the fires will kill insects and make the soil more fertile.