Sentences with phrase «as crop»

However we can install it and start to fix the problems as they crop up.

For example a range of postgraduate taught and research - based courses, on areas such as crop production and fresh produce management, are offered by Writtle College.

It's possible to study for a Masters or other postgraduate qualification in a related area such as crop science and management, animal technology and agricultural technology.

It's certainly not as comfortable as an actual tablet, like the Microsoft Surface Pro or the Apple iPad Pro, but neither is it as unwieldy as the crop of 15 - inch convertibles — including a 15 - inch version of the Yoga 720 — that manufacturers strangely continue to sell.

A pilot who has aviation practices that are considered a higher risk such as crop dusting, aerobatics or bush piloting are often assessed a higher rate.

From our beginnings as a crop insurance agency, we have grown to become a full - service agency offering all lines of insurance in Clear Lake, IA; Mason City, IA; and surrounding areas.

The Commission will investigate further whether the deal may reduce competition in areas such as crop protection, seeds and certain petrochemicals.

The Commission will investigate further whether the deal may reduce competition in areas such as crop protection, seeds and certain...

From Civil Eats: [Straight economic figures] are more difficult to project, partly because the benefits are often measured in terms of what is not happening — like adverse environmental and health impacts — or practices with indirect benefits, such as crop diversity.

«Tokyo is a paradise for honeybees,» Seita Fujiwara says to Asahi, adding the absence of both natural enemies such as bears, and manmade hazards, such as crop dusting with pesticides, makes urban centers like Tokyo an ideal breeding ground:

As observed in my own article on the same subject, at best we can believe in the general direction of travel of the local instrumental record - especially when backed by such things as crop records / observations - but not in their accuracy to tenths of a degree (17)

Climate change is a huge risk to the long - term supply of safe, high quality ingredients for Nestlé's products as crop yields fall and production areas shift.

The field was part of a scientific trial of golden rice designed to evaluate its safety and utility as a crop.

The results revealed that wildlife loss outpaced the rate of deforestation, and that large, commercially valuable wildlife such as Sumatran tigers, rhinos and elephants declined faster than small primates and deer, which are only hunted as crop raiders or for subsistence.

If temperatures are not kept down then Africa faces a range of devastating threats such as crop yield reductions in places of as much 50 % in some countries by 2020; Increased pressure on water supplies for 70 — 250 million people by 2020 and 350 — 600 million by 2050; The cost of adaptation to sea level rises of at least 5 — 10 % of gross domestic product.

AFAIK currently known weeds don't respond to increased pCO2 as well as crop plants do, but who knows what «pre-adapted» wild populations might be waiting to invade fields all over when the pCO2 passes a certain point?

A diverse mix of potential adaptation strategies, such as crop breeding, changing crop varieties, adjusting planting time, water management, diversification of crops and a host of indigenous practices will all be applicable within local contexts.

That's why I used the expression «represents a serious potential threat to humanity and our environment» (temperature increase by 2100 of up to 6.4 C, increased droughts, floods, tropical cyclones, heat waves, extreme high sea level plus secondary effects, such as crop failures, spread of vector diseases, loss of drinking water from melting glaciers, etc. all as listed in IPCC AR4).

We experience weather and the phenomena it affects, such as crop yields.

Using so - called second - generation technologies to convert material such as crop residues into bioenergy has a role to play and avoids competition for land.

Conversely, other worrisome changes, such as crop damage in the United States, might not happen until we go above the 2 °C threshold.

To reduce methane, a greenhouse gas over 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide, farmers in California and the Mid-South implemented a variety of groundbreaking voluntary conservation practices that included alternate wetting and drying and early drainage of their fields as well as crop residue management.

Tobacco as a crop will support more land clearing than other agricultural activities.

With organic cotton being almost inexistent as a crop in Argentina and bamboo barely present, wool felt is one of the few local and sustainable materials that designers have in this country for fashion and accessories.

Seeds of A. hypochondriacus found in the Ozarks of the south central United States have been dated to 1100 BCE suggesting that Native Americans may have used it as a crop although there is no extant history of use (Meyers 1996).

Even as bee populations around the world are being threatened by colony collapse disorder, beekeeping is nevertheless enjoying a bit of a renaissance as hobbyists benefit from today's ease of sharing the skills via online sources, the popularization of urban beekeeping, as well as a crop of new technological innovations that help beekeepers better maintain their hives.

I would love to see more progress on New World as well as the crop of games coming from Asia.

As a crop seaweed is fairly fragile, the fields should remain covered in water at low tide, and must not be subjected to extreme fluctuations in water temperature or salinity.

For cats with no other symptoms, and otherwise generally good health, this might simply be a matter of ensuring he gets a sound diet, possibly with added vitamins, antioxidants, and Omega 3 / Omega 6 fatty acids, as well as prompt, aggressive treatment of infections and other conditions as they crop up.

Compliance Registered Options Principal: A registered options principal who has been designated by the broker / dealer to maintain compliance with industry rules and federal law, usually referred to as a CROP.

While acknowledging that his district's allocation «wouldn't be a huge amount of money,» Fawcett said the funding would go toward developing curriculum and to collaborating with post-secondary institutions as well as business partnerships to develop internship / externship opportunities in fields such as crop science and bioengineering.

In Siegel's 1973 classic, Walter Matthau subsidises his daytime job as a crop - dusting pilot in New Mexico by robbing small banks, only to discover that a bank he robs for a few thousand bucks is holding several hundred thousand mafia dollars ready for laundering across the Rio Grande.

[Actress and director] Amy Morton refers to it as crop rotation.

The top can be worn as a crop or swim suit and the buttons come undone if you wan na show a lil cleave!

My friend Shiona (who, spoiler alert, only wears crop tops and pencil skirts and as such attempted to style me as a crop top and pencil skirt - wearer, which will culminate in a blog post!!!

As cute as crop tops are, save them for concert season and Fourth of July celebrations.

This outfit made me realize how much I actually like this sweater as a crop top.

I like to think of it as a two for one because it doubles as a crop top if you pair it with your favorite high waisted jeans.

We like to think of the style as the crop top's more conservative older sister — a perfectly inoffensive way to show some skin.

Both provide slightly more coverage (up top) and look adorable as a crop tops with jeans or midi skirts!

Since the weather's been warming up, I thought these were actually adorable as a crop length.

Beat the heat and save room in your bag by packing cute bathing suit tops that can double as a crop top.

It's a little on the short end so if you're tall, you should plan to wear with high waisted jeans, as a crop top, or with a skirt.

The outfit idea seems to be the latest trend of 2016 as the crop tops look best when paired with pink colored printed skirt.

There's no doubt that high heels give your skinny jeans a touch of zing, and summer staples such as the crop top, classic tee, sloppy - joe top or stretch vest all look good.

Now moving on to my top; young girls in the 90's wore their Calvin Klein bralettes as crop tops.

Since the long size was out I bought the short length and wore as a crop pants.

This should be described as a crop top, which I can't wear at my size after kids even in high waisted jeans.

Rolled oats are not strictly 100 % gluten free, and oats are often sticky issue for those with celiac disease because widely available oats are problematic for a few reasons — they contain a small (the tiniest) amount of gluten, and oats as a crop is often cross contaminated with a wheat crop.

Animals are often fed antibiotics at low doses for disease prevention and growth promotion, and those antibiotics are transferred to you via meat, and even through the animal manure that is used as crop fertilizer.