Sentences with phrase «poor grain harvest»

If the world were to have a poor grain harvest this year, there could well be chaos in world grain markets by late summer.

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The law did not require that the landowner harvest all the grain, and then to provide for the poor, take a portion of the harvest, thresh it, grind it, make bread out of it, and deliver it to the poor.
even the old testament had landowners leave grain at the edge of their fields for the poor to harvest, let the poor pay less for sacrifices at the alter, forgave debt every seven years... and that is not even considering the Greek scriptures...
even the mosaic code had landowners leave grain at the edge of their fields for the poor to harvest, let the poor pay less for sacrifices at the alter, forgave debt every seven years... go back and read your bible.
In 1972, when the world suffered an exceptionally poor harvest, there were 209 million metric tons of grain, or 66 days» worth, in world reserve.
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