The U.S. embassy in Beijing reports that
Chinese wheat farmers in some areas are now pumping from a depth of 300 meters, or nearly 1,000 feet.
Not exact matches
What he worries about is that North Dakota soybean
farmers will switch to
wheat because of
Chinese tariffs on soybeans, putting them in competition with him.
The
Chinese government subsidies its
farmers to grow rice and
wheat to ensure these staples are domestically grown.
Officials earlier speculated that aminopterin got into the pet food because
Chinese farmers sprayed it on
wheat fields to protect them from rodent trespassers.
There is speculation that the poison got into the chow because
Chinese farmers sprayed their crops, including
wheat, with it to protect them from hungry rodents.