Sentences with phrase «at harvest time»

It's a bit like being in a farm co-op, where you pay up front and get a share of the crops at harvest time.

When entrepreneurs in the agricultural sector sought to pay official debts in grain at harvest time, this was part of a structured stable relationship.

Or is this something that has to happen at harvest time?

Its yields are about half of what conventional farmers expect at harvest time.

The returns at harvest time, he calculated, wouldn't cover the fertilizer.

This is a win - win for the farmer and the buyer, as neither have to worry about a major fluctuation in price eating away at their profits at harvest time.

They ran up a tab to be settled at harvest time on the threshing floor.

«Here a set of poor Irishmen [Newman's first congregation, in Alcester Street, Birmingham, was in large part made up of poor Irish immigrants], coming and going at harvest time, or a colony of them lodged in a miserable quarter of a vast metropolis.

The Feast of Tabernacles, though it came at harvest time, was a celebration of God's guidance of his people in the wilderness.

Modern wheat has evolved over the years as farmers select seeds at harvest time which suit the goal of higher yields and more gluten.

«Whatever your ethics or religion, it's just good business to treat the workers well,» he told me, as we toured the neat, clean, well - maintained barracks that house 480 seasonal workers on the farm at harvest time, most of them very poor Nicaraguan families who come into Costa Rica for a few months each year.

Compared to when I first visited Kalocsa several years ago, the sleepy little town that had been primarily an agricultural center has turned into a tourist mecca, especially at harvest time, attracting travelers from all over Europe and beyond.

Small Axe then bought back the peppers for a premium price at harvest time in the fall.

This can impact yield at harvest time — and farmers» bottom lines.

Also known «Haymaker's Punch» as it's popular at harvest time too.

Join Squeak, this lovable mouse as he shows you (and the children) what he is putting aside in his nest at harvest time as he gets ready for winter.

The speculator uses his knowledge of the market, and of economic and statistical analysis, to try to arrive at a better guess than the farmer may be able to make, and thus is able to offer a price that the farmer will consider an attractive alternative to waiting to sell at whatever price happens to prevail in the market at harvest time.

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A cereal - growing farmer risks a big financial loss if the price of grain is low at harvest time, and a livestock farmer may not be able to afford to feed his herd if the price of grain goes up.

The farmer in his field at harvest time.

Over the eons sugar was available to our ancestors as fruit for only a few months a year at harvest time, or as honey «which was guarded by bees,» says the report by Dr. Robert Lustig, a noted childhood obesity expert at the University of California, and two U.S. colleagues specializing in health policy.

Baskets add so much depth of texture and warmth for fall and are reminiscent of the baskets used at harvest time.

For the first time in over 125 years sugar cane farmers, in one region of Australia will not burn their crop at harvest time.

The Feast of Tabernacles came at the best season of the year, in autumn, at harvest time.

At harvest time, thousands of Ferrari - red peppers festoon almost every building in sight.

Because FoodSwing's single, 225,000 - square - foot processing facility based in Cambridge, Md., can package fresh fruits and vegetables in liquid form, at harvest time the seconds and thirds of produce such as potatoes, tomatoes, garlic and onions are processed into harvest soups or sauces, packaged aseptically and sent to the food banks, where they can be used for months.

I cared for each plant individually and at harvest time, I was rewarded with enough tomatoes and beans to can many quarts.

But that is at harvest time, when men and boys come to wash away the wheat chaff tickling their throats, or in high summer when they've spent the day thinning out the wild oats from hay.

«The greatest need for maturity is at harvest time.