Troubles Travel Upstream
5th Sep 2005, 17:21 GMT
ELWOOD, Ill. -- Frank Walsh bends over to examine his soybean crop. He shouldn't have to; in good years, the beans would be up to his chest, about 42 inches high. This year, as the result of a drought, they are just at his knees.
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