Experts say the rain makes strawberries more susceptible to mold. Some farmers loose about 20 percent of their crop. Now many growers are trying to harvest their fruit.
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Corn and soybean stockpiles are expected to be the smallest in 16 years.
The reserves are lower than the government expected, and may potentially accelerate food-price inflation this year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says corn inventories will be 37-percent lower than last year.
The U.S.D.A. is predicting food inflation will rise to 3-percent this year, the highest gain in five years.
