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Archive Home > 2011 > March > 08 > Fears of wheat crisis in China recede as epic drought eases

Fears of wheat crisis in China recede as epic drought eases

By Keith Bradsher / The Bulletin
March 8, 2011

HONG KONG — Rain and snow during the past two weeks, together with a huge irrigation effort, appear to have saved much of the wheat crop in northern China from drought, Chinese and international agricultural and meteorological experts said Monday.

This winter was the driest in perhaps 200 years....

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