A paradoxical result of Russia's disastrous harvest is that the quality of the grain has improved.
Russia's disastrous harvest - the worst in 45 years - is just part of the reason.
Farmers in the region face their second straight disastrous harvest.
The situation was made worse by repeated disastrous harvests in the 1550s.
Then came a near disastrous harvest of sugar, Cuba's main product.
At this time the whole of England was suffering from the effects of the disastrous harvests of the previous two summers.
There he learned the region had just experienced a disastrous harvest.
Inevitably a disastrous harvest followed - one-fifth below the average for those of the previous 10 years - and prices almost doubled.
The Harare government also has blamed a yearlong drought for this year's disastrous harvests.
