Sentences with phrase «grain crops»

Whole grains are the seeds of certain plants that come under the blanket term of grain crops.

The classical example is the iodine deficiency that occurs in individuals eating cereal grain crops grown on iodine - deficient soil.

Last year saw record grain crops worldwide, yet the reserve was reduced to 25 million metric tons, or 37 days.

These statistics related to oats should not be confused with the relatively small roll that oats play worldwide as a commercial grain crop based on tons produced.

With the development of perennial versions of certain grain crops, compared to annual crops, perennial crops offer advantages for ecosystem maintenance, particularly in resource - limited, marginal land areas.

The site provides researchers with a remarkably well - preserved example of a small - scale irrigation system that early farmers devised to grow grain crops in a climate that historically receives less than 3 inches (66 millimeters) of annual rainfall — about one - fifth of the water deemed necessary to cultivate even the most drought - tolerant strains of millet.

However, options for reducing tillage in the mid-Atlantic region have been identified and tried, including: (1) rotating annual grain crops with perennial forages; (2) decreasing depth and degree of soil inversion (e.g. chisel... Continued

Other grain crops produced are Canola, Wheat and Barley.

And on the world - food security front, ARS» Stuttgart center is closing in on genes that regulate rice's uptake and storage of iron, thiamine and other important vitamins and minerals — a pursuit that could bolster the nutritional value of this cereal grain crop as a staple food for roughly half the world's population.

Earlier this year, an all - important piece of machinery used to harvest grain crops on Niemeyer's farm — the combine — broke.

This is because harmful herbicides like Roundup are sprayed on whole grain crops like wheat.

Using annual grain crops like corn and sorghum depletes groundwater and requires high inputs of energy.

More than a quarter of the total U.S. grain crop was turned into ethanol to fuel cars last year.

It will be the first genetically engineered grain crop on the market, and could eventually be grown on the million or more hectares of maize fields infected by corn borers in the US each year.

Abstract: Plant breeders are increasing yields and improving agronomic traits in several perennial grain crops, the first of which is now being incorporated into commercial food products.

Railways say they have faced challenges due to a larger - than - expected grain crop and extreme winter weather.

It was one of the first domesticated grains in Mesopotamia before other cereal grains took over as preferred grain crops.

Here is Eugene, Oregon where i live one of my Farmers New grain crops is Rye.

While soybeans and corn are the main cash grain crops being tested in this project, we are also testing a variety of other agricultural enterprises, such as vegetable production, orchards and pastures.

The bumper crop will lift the fortunes of the nation's grains handlers CBH Group, GrainCorp and Glencore, which collect, store and transport grain crops.

Russia, a major global wheat exporter, is expected to produce another large grain crop in 2018 following a record crop this year.

In order to determine other characteristics of the varieties, seed was planted on the experimental farm of the ARC - Grain Crops Institute in Potchefstroom and the varieties evaluated for resistance to the lepidopterous stem borers.

Winter wheat is one of the major small - grain crops typically planted for grain or forage in the region, DeLaune said.

They also found that the ancient grain crops did not yield as much as the common bread and durum wheat crops.

JG: I think ultimately they could be more productive than our annual grain crops because they are able to capture more sunlight, water and nutrients.

Grain crops fail to thrive because sodium in soil water is carried from roots to leaves, inhibiting the photosynthesis needed to make grain.

Bioengineering grain crops to produce seed without fertilization from pollen may also be an option.

The results are broken down into five broad groups of plants: monocots, including palms, orchids and grasses (with the major grain crops among them); bryophytes, including mosses and liverworts; pteridophytes, including ferns; gymnosperms, including conifers and cycads; and dicots, encompassing other plants.

The finding, reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, solves a long - standing mystery and offers hope for production of grain crops able to thrive during unpredictable weather and climate change.

Major grain handler Graincorp was also forced to reverse its decision to mix GE canola in with the conventional grain crop following an outcry from farmers and industry.

Some light grain cropped up at times, and I also noticed the occasional speckle, but otherwise the movie remained clean and fresh.

She holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Marywood College, is co-owner of GJF Rental Properties as well as a livestock and grain crop farm.

All but the hardiest grain crops were destroyed, forcing farmers to kill their animals as they could not feed them.

Record coffee crops, record rice crops, record general grain crops and now record wheat harvest — all in «The Hottest Year Evah»!?

Researchers have repeatedly warned that rising temperatures — and particularly greater frequencies and intensities of heat waves, droughts and floods — will threaten global food security: they will reduce fruit and vegetable yields, hit grain crop harvests and in particular affect wheat harvests in one of the most populous — and poorest — nations on the planet.

Moderately higher CO2 levels can potentially increase the yields of key grain crops, all else equal.

During the Great Leap Forward, multitudes of farmers were forced into cooperatives to grow designated grain crops while others were diverted to small - scale steel making, which helped contribute to the crops rotting uncollected in Chinese fields, leading in some part to famine.

Cereal grain crops grown on selenium - deficient soil will contain relatively low levels of selenium.

Genomic studies of the world's major grain crops, together with a technology called marker - assisted breeding, could yield a new green revolution

The Paleolithic option provides an evolutionary argument — our species surviving on a hunter - gatherer diet for thousands of years before switching to whole grain crops.

The Earth Policy Institute has noted that even if the entire U.S. grain crop were converted to ethanol (leaving no domestic crop to make bread, rice, pasta, or feed the animals from which we get meat, milk, and eggs), it would satisfy at most 18 percent of U.S. automotive fuel needs.

«Hogging down» or direct grazing of grain crops was said to be not only more labor efficient but improved the soil as well.

The Authentic Foods White Sorghum Flour is derived from a cereal grain crop and is 100 % gluten - free.