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"textContent": "Bread is about to get more expensive. The last time U.S. farmers brought in a wheat harvest this small, Richard Nixon was still president. The USDA told farmers on Monday that the 2026/27 crop will come in around 1.561 billion bushels, a drop of more than 400 million bushels from last year and the worst showing since 1972. — Read the rest \n\nThe post U.S. expects the smallest US wheat crop since 1972 appeared first on Boing Boing.",
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