date:Jan 22, 2013
Unusually hard early-season rains made this season's wheat vulnerable to water-born fungi that attacks plants' protein content. Floods posed other logistical problems as harvesting machines sank in the mud and access roads were washed out.
Yields in the main wheat region of the country did not reach what was estimated at the beginning of the season due to crop health problems, excess water in August, several heat shocks in November and bouts of hail and strong winds during the harvest, the mini