71.   This week, the North Korean news media reported that the country was headed towards another year of poor harvest, with its crops ravaged again by drought.

72.   Two years of flooding have resulted in poor harvests and now there is not not enough food to go around.

73.   Two years of severe flooding and poor harvests have left the country facing dire food shortages.

74.   Wheat futures settled unchanged after early gains on news of a poor Australian harvest, while corn prices were down slightly.

75.   Zaveryukha said he did not expect the poor harvest to result in higher bread prices, saying the government may subsidize bread if grain prices soar.

76.   Global stocks of wheat and maize are weak after poor recent harvests and each new hefty purchase sends prices climbing.

77.   He said the poor harvest was due to exceptionally dry weather in summer and problems in agriculture generally, including farms which lacked petrol and tractor spares.

78.   In New York, prices rose spectacularly on a large order of US cotton by South Korea and on poor harvests in Australia and Uzbekistan which suffered from drought.

79.   In the US, markets remain in a state of extreme nervousness as traders anticipate a poor harvest this year, particularly for spring wheat.

80.   After fears of a poor maize harvest increased grain prices last week, the threat of infected cereals sent cold shivers through the market this week.