That would be the right prescription if Andersen and Enron were the bad apples in a good crop.

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Farmers, ranchers depend on a good crop season to pay the bills and put a roof over their heads.

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But 21 million people is still nothing to sneeze at and if the judges pick a good crop of youngsters to go to Hollywood, expect the ratings to grow.

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There is a good crop of committee hearings.

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There is much good news about introducing vanilla as a crop.

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So, while there are usually any number of problems that could crop up and it is probably a good thing to be aware of them, it is more important to be able to objectively identify what is driving the market at any given moment.

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Using this system, crop yields go up dramatically, from one tonne to four tonnes of maize per hectare in a good year, and from zero to a tonne in a drought.

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