Even during the Cold War, the United States exported 10 million tons of wheat - nearly a quarter of the U.S. harvest - to the Soviet Union in 1972 after a crop failure there.

甚至在冷战期间，美国向苏联出口了1000万吨小麦——这接近总量的四分之一——1972年苏联的谷物颗粒无收。

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Plantings of cotton bioengineered to produce its own insecticide against bollworms, a major cause of crop failure, sustained little bollworm damage until this year.

经过生物工程改造的棉花种植场可以生产自己的抗棉铃虫杀虫剂，而棉铃虫是造成农作物歉收的主要原因，直到今年，棉铃虫的危害都很小。

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Thomas, who lives in southern New Hampshire, began feeding the deer near her home in 2007, when a failure of the acorn crop led her to put out corn for the many wild creatures facing a lean time.

汤玛士生活在新罕布什尔州南部，二零零七年那里的橡子作物歉收，她拿出很多谷物喂给许多面对饥荒的野生动物，从那时开始她在自己家附近喂养野鹿。

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When there is crop failure because of a drought or flood, farmers receive a text message.

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Traders bought and sold 'future' contracts - an agreement to buy coffee, say, in three months time at a certain price - protecting themselves from the worry that a crop failure might drive up the price of coffee in the intervening months.

BBC: Hedging - a rough guide

One of Bangladesh's key problems, conversely, along with its perennially flaky batting order, has been its failure to develop a crop of consistent seamers.

WSJ: Bangladesh Cricket Team Bruised After Tour of Zimbabwe

Farmers pay an extra 5% to insure a bag of seed, fertiliser or other things like herbicide against crop failure.

ECONOMIST: Insuring crops with a mobile phone