Corn is a prime source of feed for dairy cattle and the rising costs could force farmers to reduce their herds, leading in turn to reduced supplies.
玉米是乳用牛饲料的主要来源，价格上涨将迫使农民减少饲养牲口数，进而导致供给减少。
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In the last ten years automation has reduced the work force here by half.
在过去的10年中，自动化已经减少了这里一半的劳动力。
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However, instead of heating the entire sample, the researchers used a hot atomic force microscope (AFM) tip to convert very narrow ribbons, measuring just 12 nm across, into reduced graphene.