DocumentCode
78919
Title
I Spy Thy Rye
Author
Levitan, D.
Volume
50
Issue
6
fYear
2013
fDate
Jun-13
Firstpage
46
Lastpage
47
Abstract
In 1971 and 1972, wheat crops in the Soviet Union suffered massive shortfalls. The U.S. government, which had no idea of the scope of the problem, blithely negotiated a three-year deal that allowed the Kremlin to buy U.S. grain on credit. The Soviets spent their entire credit limit (and more) right away, and global grain prices skyrocketed. Just weeks after this grain deal was announced, the Earth-observing satellite Landsat 1 achieved orbit. If the satellite had launched a few months earlier, the so-called Great Grain Robbery might never have happened.
Keywords
vegetation mapping; AD 1971 to 1972; Earth-observing satellite; Kremlin; Landsat 1; Soviet Union; U.S. government; U.S. grain; credit limit; global grain prices; great grain robbery; three-year deal; wheat crops; Agricultural products; Business; Crops; Economics; Food industry; Food products; Government policies; Russia;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.2013.6521031
Filename
6521031
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