Sentence examples for mediocre harvests from inspiring English sources
But with food prices rising sharply in recent months, many experts are calling on countries to scale back their headlong rush into green fuel development, arguing that the combination of ambitious biofuel targets and mediocre harvests of some crucial crops is contributing to high prices, hunger and political instability.
Another year of mediocre crop yields could well trickle down to consumers, though agriculture experts insist that it is too early to rule out a robust harvest of corn and soybeans for this year.
Those who think, for example, that California doesn't have vintage swings should try a typical Cabernet from the mediocre 1998 harvest next to one from the stellar class of 1997.
But Niger's harvest last November was merely mediocre, not disastrous.
"You can harvest early and settle for mediocre, or be a little patient and have something special," Mr. Merwarth said.
"Was it something mediocre?
That means mediocre math.
