Sentences with phrase «crops at harvest»

Additionally, drier crops at harvest help farmers reduce the cost of artificially drying corn or soybeans.

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.

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

Not exact matches

And then there are all the other costs associated with running a business that grows a crop, harvests it, packages it, transports it, stocks it and sells it to customers at retail locations.

While this report is still early in the stages at the time of writing this, estimates say that the harvest of this crop coming from Mexico is only about half of what was expected for the year.

In addition, smart tractors are far faster at cutting, pruning and harvesting crops than their human counterparts.

«The whole crop doesn't harvest at one time, it's different than vegetables.

Harvesting berries is unique because the crop ripens at different times.

Cauliflower may be grown, harvested, and sold year - round, but it is by nature a cool weather crop and at its best in fall and winter and into early spring.

In wealthier nations, agronomists and other scientists have been noticing changes in harvest times for at least one crop in particular: wine grapes.

Large crops, followed by challenging harvests across many winegrape producing regions, has resulted in decreasing supply, and increasing prices according to Marc Cuneo and Mike Needham of Turrentine Brokerage, who will co-present on the «Current State of the Grape and Bulk Wine Market» at the 21st Annual Vineyard Economics Seminar, set for Wednesday, May 25, -LSB-...]

The 2007 crop is being harvested, and there will be a «Pride of PNG» competition in October, so we will do further reviews when new coffees arrive at roasters.

Large crops, followed by challenging harvests across many winegrape producing regions, has resulted in decreasing supply, and increasing prices according to Marc Cuneo and Mike Needham of Turrentine Brokerage, who will co-present on the «Current State of the Grape and Bulk Wine Market» at the 21st Annual Vineyard Economics Seminar, set for Wednesday, May 25, 2016 in Napa, California at the Napa Valley Marriott.

Trial peanut crops will be harvested at the Katherine Research Station within the next few weeks

The small roots dangling at the bottom of a harvested horseradish root are the «set» or seedlings for next year's horseradish crop.

Using buffer strips around the field — At harvest, the crop within the buffer strip can not be binned with the gluten - free product (this protects the gluten - free crop from outside contamination).

From June to October, look for our special Thursday gleaning shifts, where volunteers help us harvest crops at local farms.

To make that happen, we need freezer space so that local growers can harvest their crop, store it at the market, and then reap their profits long after the harvest season is over.»

At issue is the right of the nomadic herdsmen to graze their cattle, which invariably infringes on the right of the farmers to plant and harvest their crops.

Something rumored to be incredible was waiting for me at my destination — a mysterious fossil that a farmer had stumbled on while harvesting his crops.

Such no - till farming provides a double benefit for farmers: improved soils and reduced fuel use, because it negates the need to harvest the stalks with tractors and other equipment (although it can lead to short - term reductions in crop yields) says Chuck Rice, a soil scientist at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan..

«The large machines used to harvest row crops such as wheat, corn and soybeans provide a natural platform for improving efficiency,» said Richard Sowers, a professor of industrial and enterprise systems engineering and of mathematics at the University of Illinois.

«With switchgrass, for example, frequently you can not harvest the first year's crop because it takes a long time for the root system to establish,» says study author Philip Benfey, a professor of biology at Duke University and director of Duke's Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy Center for Systems Biology.

Clover peeks out among the residual stalks of harvested cotton crop in a research plot at a University of Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center in West Tennessee.

In the 1950s, a soil - dwelling fungus destroyed Latin American crops of the most popular variety at the time, Gros Michel; it was replaced by a resistant variety, Cavendish, which now makes up more than 40 % of harvests worldwide.

Most studies of this kind look only at the extent to which climate shocks affect crop yield — the amount of product harvested from a given unit of agricultural land.

One problem with the crop as a power source is that it is all harvested at one time in the year.

Kramer also leads the commission's food safety certificate program that, via a series of five classes, has been successful at training growers and crews to harvest their crops in a way that minimizes disease outbreaks.

Nepal police said Amit, now also wanted in Canada and in at least five Indian states from where he harvested a rich crop of kidneys and transplanted them to high - paying patients, was tracked down on the basis of phone calls he made from the hotel.

In turn, this will influence when, where, and what types of food crops are planted and harvested — meaning agricultural practices will have to adapt — and impacting the types of produce available at your local supermarket.

Crops harvested from organically managed fields at times have pesticide residues.

According to Dr. Stephanie Seneff of MIT who has studied the issue in depth and who I recently saw present on the subject at a nutritional Conference in Indianapolis, desiccating non-organic wheat crops with glyphosate just before harvest came into vogue late in the 1990's with the result that most of the non-organic wheat in the United States is now contaminated with it.

We only harvest once a year at the crops» nutritional peak.

my understanding of regular potatoes any color skin flesh etc. is this... potatoes are on the dirty dozen list... sweet potatoes are on the clean 15... i eat over 50 % of my diet in the form of a few different colors of sweet potatoes... i buy them bulk... peel»em very deeply... at least 1/2 inch all around... i sometimes get them as large as 6 pounds (football sized)... i used to wear out the regular potatoes but after speaking with the safety expert from a huge potato company to find out if the potatoes are grown on soil which had grain crops treated with round - up herbicide filled with atrazine and glyphosate (which most grain crops are... inluding many wheat crops... they get sprayed like 3 days before harvest... then the round - up is in the soil)... problem is... the round - up stays for 7 years... after stayin» off the soil for a couple years... it can have any kind of crop planted on it and get an organic rating... but... whatever was planted on that soil is then full of round - up... so... this crop rotation onto fields which had grain crops sprayed with round - up herbicide etc. is EXTREMELY COMMON IN THE GROWING PRACTICE FOR REGULAR POTATOES... very common practice... so even if you peel»em deeply... they are still soaked with round - up... the glyphosates get in the gut... the aluminum which is all over everything grown above ground and not covered (hot house etc)... gets eaten9ya can't wash it off... unless ya peel everything... but greens etc. ya can not get it out... it gets in the fiber)... then ya eat it... it goes in the gut... mixes with the glyphosate... becomes 10,000 timesmore toxic... inhibits the bodies ability to properly process sulfur into sulfide and sulfate... basically many very smart researchers are sayin'this is the cause of all this asperger's... autism... alzheimer's like symptoms in the elderly... you can only take so much nano... pico... and heavy metal poisoning... the brain starts to act very strangely... so... long story short... i eat lots of sweet pots grown on clean soil... they are non-gmo and basically grown organically... but... the grower doesn't pay for the certification... i make sure to get my omega 3 from fresh ground flax seed in the morning away from my sweet potato consumption... the omega 6 in the sweet pots inhibits the absorption of omega 3 and i only want so much fat daily... i'm on the heart attack proof diet by dr. caldwell b. esselstyn jr....

The crops are thoughtfully harvested and picked at their peak.

At it's peak harvest time a garden requires constant picking as many crops will turn to seed and stop producing.

But sometimes even when the field appears to be white unto harvest, at a closer vantage point, it's not as great of a crop as first thought.

She orders crops planted, and rejoices at the harvest, although gamblers arrive to cheat the slaves, and company stores recycle the wages right back into the pockets of those who pay them.

This topic looks at how wheat is grown in the UK through the year and the different factors, such as weather, and the decisions made by the farmer can have an impact on the success of the harvested crop.

Yet, even under these circumstances, Walter is able to buy a tractor to replace the horses, which, like most farmers at the time, he uses to plow the soil, plant, the seeds and harvest the crops.

Even if they are able to read or write, they lack access to written materials or the internet to inform themselves about the crops that are their primary source of income; and they may never use or even taste what they harvest at all since (as with macadamia nuts) these don't process and add value to what they themselves produce.

The crop marketing year varies slightly with each commodity, but it tends to begin at harvest and end before the next year's harvest, e.g., the marketing year for soybeans begins September 1 and ends August 31.

For example, a farmer planting corn in the spring will sell corn futures at the price he wishes to sell his crop by harvest time in the fall.

In closing, as some of my older friends who have passed on once said to me, «If the locusts eat your crop, at least you don't have to harvest.»

Oscar didn't lose his back feet to explosives; however, his feet were severed by a combine harvester, the huge tractor - like machine used for harvesting crops at high speeds.

Throughout the 10 - day Festival, celebrate the harvest as Kona coffee farms offer a firsthand look at growing this world - famous crop, the coffee art scene fills with inspiration, and music and dance enrich cultural exchanges.

Festival - goers will celebrate the harvest as Kona coffee farms offer a firsthand look at growing this world - famous crop.

As a hybrid genre, Return to PopoloCrois somewhat unevenly splits your time between tactical turn - based combat and Story of Seasons elements that will see you harvest crops, swing a net at bugs, and tend livestock.

Two years later, Vigas» work was showcased in a solo exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Caracas, and the artist harvested a bumper crop of honors, including Venezuela's top national art prize.

Aimed at a new generation of grow - your - own urban gardeners, the packets feature easy - to - follow advice on how to sow seeds and look after crops, along with tips on harvesting, eating and storing produce.