Sentences with phrase «farmers in straw»

Weathered farmers in straw hats waded knee deep through water - logged rice plots anticipating their next harvest.

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That this House: (1) notes with concern the impact on the Dairy Industry of the Coles milk pricing strategy and that: (a) dairy farmers around the country are today seriously questioning their future having suffered through one of the worst decades in memory including droughts, floods, price cuts and rising cost of inputs such as energy and feed; (b) unsustainable retail milk prices will, over time, compel processors to renegotiate contracts with dairy farmers and the prospect that these contracts will be below the cost of production may force many to leave the industry; (c) the fact that supermarkets are now selling milk cheaper than many varieties of bottled water will be the straw that finally breaks the camel's back for many dairy farmers; and (d) the risk of other potential impacts includes: (i) decreased competition as name brands are forced from the shelves; and (ii) the possible loss of fresh milk supplies to some parts of the country as local fresh milk industries become unviable; and (2) calls on the Government to: (a) ask the ACCC to immediately examine the big supermarkets and milk wholesalers after recent price cuts to ensure they do not have too much market power and are not anti-competitive in their behaviour; and (b) support the new Senate inquiry into the ongoing milk price war between the country's major supermarket chains».

«They are descendants of farmers and miners who developed a common knowledge and articulate ways of life in Serra do Espinhaço, which offered almost everything they needed: wood for firewood and building their homes, straw to cover houses, bush remedies, fruits and native flowers,» Baptista wrote in a report for the prosecutor.

I found my straw tote months ago in a thrift, of all places, and just need the occasion — a farmer's market — to break it out.

Suddenly, in what appears to be some straw - filled farmer's den, you come across projected footage of a colony of seals basking on a rocky shore, to the accompaniment of Wagner's Parsifal.

Second, farmers are noticing an increase in milk yield and scientists say that this is because the hay / straw are adding extra fiber to the diet, which makes the cows chew more, creating more saliva and fermentation and increasing milk yields.