crop failure

When was the last time you saw a crop failure up close?

Both the 1987 and 1989 crop failures followed good years.

It was around the middle of his fourth year that the crop failures began.

South Carolina would have done the same except for a series of crop failures.

To a settled community a crop failure could be a disaster.

Between these two periods, the year 1846 was marked by a great crop failure.

Crop failures continue this year and the depression is getting worse.

They blame you for the drought and the crop failures.

Many of the cattle were killed for meat during the crop failures.

The war years were marked by crop failures, hunger and cold.

The impact of a crop failure on communities and individuals can be assessed.

They could not afford another crop failure, she said into an ominous silence.

Attendance doubled, but a series of crop failures soon followed.

For several years there had been crop failure caused by severe winters.

Repeated crop failures led to the abandonment of the town, beginning in 1915.

They also preserve food for periods of drought or crop failure.

Anywhere from 30% to total crop failure could be seen.

A flood in 1696 caused late planting and crop failures.

It was also alleged that company officials had tried to pay off the farmers not to speak about the crop failures.

But too often there's not enough rain, resulting in crop failure and hardship.

Push factors inside Sweden included population growth and crop failures.

Often a few years of crop failure, a war, or brigandage might leave a person unable to make his own way.

This results in crop failure as plants are killed before they can be harvested economically.

Crop failures were essential for the occurrence of the famine.

One may praise someone's good dress sense, and blame the weather for a crop failure.