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In the 1980s, what nation exported the greatest amount of its wheat yield while its global market share shrank?

yield

[yeeld] / jild /






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Some wells yield dribbles while others gush profit, filling tarpaulin-lined pits and barrels with oil hauled off to improvised refineries for processing into petrol and diesel.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

The 30-year bond yield rose 0.093 percentage point to 5.349%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

The latest yield surge comes on the heels of another hot inflation print, which spooked the market.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

By afternoon, falling bond prices had carried the yield on the 2-year Treasury note to its biggest one-day jump in 19 months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

The new ciphers were not as demanding as those she had cracked earlier in the war, and they did not yield much in the way of vital intelligence.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

Ten-year yields were last 4.983%, after rising above 5% on the print.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

Gold prices were weighed down overnight as both the U.S. dollar and Treasury yields rose.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

One silver lining for investors: Treasury yields remained well off their 2026 highs, even after Tuesday’s surge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Higher yields as of Tuesday come in stark contrast to the easing seen in recent weeks.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

But if they planted seed from that first crop, yields dropped again, since the second generation of corn was not identical to the first.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

The companies discovered that in healthcare, one-stop-shopping was more expensive to execute and yielded lower profits than they expected.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Prime Minister Mark Carney said recent trade talks between the U.S. and Canada have yielded progress, though major hurdles remain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

It could have led to a collapse but, instead, they took the game to the Spanish champions during an engrossing first half, which could - and perhaps should - have yielded a leveller.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

But pristine samples from NASA’s mission to asteroid Bennu also yielded all five nucleobases in 2025.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

When the book yielded nothing, she returned to the summoning spell.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

And the race to raise debt for the build-out has flooded the market with new supply of higher yielding, long-term paper, which has put pressure on bonds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Catrambone likes high-grade corporate bonds that are trading at a discount, while selectively adding lower quality yields aiming at a “strongly yielding portfolio and one that is diversified.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

A 10-year Treasury yielding more than 5% starts looking awfully attractive to retirees, pension funds, insurers, foreign institutions and anyone else searching for dependable income.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The Brewers’ bullpen has pitched 9 2/3 innings in the series, yielding just two hits — both off Abner Uribe — and three walks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

As Lawrence machines went, this one was a fiasco, not even yielding substantial or unique knowledge to advance the science of accelerator design.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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