1. For instance, fertile land and buckets of rain lead Iowans to plant corn. 2. But Restrepo said many desperately poor peasants will probably squat on some of the newly cleared land to plant corn and beans. 3. In Guatemala, peasants unable to find land to till have invaded national parks, where they illegally clear-cut trees to plant corn. 4. So she builds a fence to deter potential robbers and plants corn while her neighbors make their own adjustments to suburban life. 5. The USDA noted farmers who were unable to plant corn because of wet conditions are switching to soybeans when they can. 6. They include calls to grind corn, plant corn for the chief or even get a burro out of the mud. 7. Upstream dams hold back the river in the spring so farmers like Waters can use heavy machinery to plant corn in the flood plain. 8. But neighbors are helping Daramy clear a patch of land to plant corn and peanuts. 9. He said that as a result, when the abnormally low rains early this year came late, these families had no room to plant seasonal corn and sorghum. 10. She said they had gone to plant corn. |