What also happened that year is in the areas where there were good rains, and where farmers had previously produced surplus grain, farmers had decided to withdraw from the fertilizer market, not use fertilizer and actually had dropped their use of fertilizer by 27 percent.
Wat ook gebeurde dat jaar: in de gebieden met goede regenval, waar boeren voorheen graanoverschotten hadden geproduceerd, besloten ze om zich terug te trekken van de kunstmestmarkt, waardoor het gebruik van kunstmest met 27% was afgenomen.