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FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2012 file photo, Jim Whitman, with the nonprofit organization Farm Rescue, drives a combine in a cornfield at Dan and Rose Dotzenrod's farm near Wyndmere, N.D. The Dotzenrods were the 200th family to receive assistance from the group that helps farmers who are in need. The North Dakota-based nonprofit that helps farm families plant and harvest their crops is branching out into haying assistance. Farm Rescue is accepting applications from farmers in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and eastern Montana. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack, File)

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FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2012 file photo, Rose and Dan Dotzenrod, left, talk with Farm Rescue founder and president Bill Gross at the their farm near Wyndmere, N.D. The Dotzenrods were the 200th family to receive assistance from the group that helps farmers who are in need. The North Dakota-based nonprofit that helps farm families plant and harvest their crops is branching out into haying assistance. Farm Rescue is accepting applications from farmers in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and eastern Montana. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack, File)

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Victims of a mortar attack lie wounded at a hospital in Musayyib, about 40 miles (60 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. A mortar attack struck a busy area in a mainly Shiite town south of Iraq's capital Thursday, killing and wounding scores of people, said Iraqi officials. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

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Cars clog in the traffic in Beijing's Central Business District on a hazy day, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. A rare air pollution alert issued Friday in Beijing prompted health advisories and bans on barbeques, fireworks and demolition work, but fell short of the strictest measures which would include ordering half the city’s cars off the streets. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)