If prices fall much lower, cocoa-producing nations might be forced to cut the price supports they pay to farmers, which would lower production.

Today, competitive forces are driving firms toward complex collaborations to achieve goals such as expanding into foreign markets, funding innovation efforts, and lowering production and other costs.

It is expected that Toyota may also lower production at its own pick-up plant in San Antonio, Texas, as soon as next week.

Higher taxes for the industry means less money goes back into the ground, lowering production, increasing prices, and making America more dependent on foreign countries for energy.

To make matters worse, lower tire demand caused Goodyear to lower production, a move the company said resulted in manufacturing inefficiencies and higher production costs.

Only Kuwait lowered production, to 1 million barrels daily from 1.1 million in March.

This cleavage leads to the degradation of the mRNA that contains the ribozyme, and ultimately lowers production of the GlmS enzyme, encoded by the glmS gene.

It fears that cheap imports of rubber, coffee, and fish would lower domestic production, adversely affecting farmers and ultimately its economy.

With the crop in such poor condition, farmers may plow their wheat fields under and switch to corn or other crops, analysts said, further lowering production.

First, it is certain that complete decoupling lowers production.