Sentences with phrase «acres under cultivation»

Yet U.S. food production over the same time has also risen by robust percentages even as the number of acres under cultivation has been steadily falling for decades.»

Are «historical acres under cultivation» in Europe and the Middle East a proxy for temperature?

New Mexico is by far the largest commercial producer of chile peppers in the United States, with about 35,000 acres under cultivation.

Bells are the most commonly grown commercial peppers in the United States, with approximately 65,000 acres under cultivation in the U.S. Mexico follows with about 22,000 acres, and most of their bells are exported to the U.S..

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2016 alone saw a 52 % increase in the area under coca cultivation, rising to 360,774 acres from 237,221 acres in 2015, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.

She estimates that there are between six and eight firms manufacturing hot sauces in Barbados right now, and that probably a maximum of 100 acres of bonney peppers are under cultivation in many small plots to supply the hot sauce industry.

More than 40,000 acres of New Mexican chiles are under cultivation in New Mexico, California, Arizona, and Texas.

Currently (1988) the Sharps have about five acres of habaneros under cultivation and will soon double that as export demand for Marie Sharp's sauce increases.

In the United States, approximately 5,500 acres is under cultivation, with Texas the leading state for jalapeño production, followed by New Mexico.

Today, more than 40,000 acres of New Mexico chiles — the further - hybridized descendants of New Mexico No. 9 — are under cultivation not only here but also in California, Arizona and Texas.

Meanwhile, there are about 40 million acres of lawns under cultivation in the US.

The 10 - page report explains that beef production is basically a terrible way to use land — and trading in beef for beans would free up 42 percent of U.S. cropland currently under cultivation, «a total of 1.65 million square kilometers or more than 400 million square acres, which is approximately 1.6 times the size of the state of California.»

Nygren said eight acres is currently under cultivation, producing 40 varieties of vegetables and fruits in season.