Sentences with phrase «grain harvest falls»

At the same time, North Korea, largely deforested and suffering from flood - induced soil erosion and land degradation, has watched its yearly grain harvest fall from a peak of almost 6 million tons during the 1980s to scarcely 3 million tons per year today.

Not exact matches

John has another such parable, in which the thought takes a deeper turn: «A grain of wheat remains a solitary grain unless it falls into the ground and dies; but if it dies, it bears a rich harvest»; 27 and then, with an echo of Luke's language about «hating» one's own life, «The man who loves himself is lost, but he who hates himself [in this world] will be kept safe [for eternal life].»

Both Paul ’10 and John the Evangelist11 draw an object lesson from the grain of wheat which is sown in the ground and they emphasize the fact that it is only when it falls into the ground and dies that it brings forth a harvest.

Grains, which are harvested in the fall and cooked in the winter, are also a perfect winter food.

Fall's harvest is rich in sugars from fruit and starchy carbs from root veggies and grains.

Fall foliage, cider - making, vegetable harvesting, grain threshing, and more (Sturbridge, Mass.) Oct. 2, 2012 — Fall harvest time in early New England was an important time of year when farm families worked hard to put away enough food to last until the following summer.

For example, atypical early fall rains improve fall grazing and infiltration of soil moisture before frost limits infiltration, but these same rains can impair some grain harvests and / or fall plantings.

The fall in China's grain harvest is due largely to a shrinkage of the grain harvested area from 90 million hectares in 1998 to 76 million hectares in 2003.

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Producing enough grain to make it to the next harvest has tested farmers ever since agriculture began, but the challenge is deepening as new trends — falling water tables, plateauing grain yields, and rising temperatures — make it difficult to expand production fast enough.

Indeed, the harvested area for «coarse grains» fell by 4 % as corn, with an average yield of 150 bushels per acre, replaced other feed grains such as sorghum (averaging 60 bushels per acre).

Over the last decade, Lesotho's grain harvest dropped by half as its soil fertility fell.

Falling water tables are already adversely affecting harvests in some countries, including China, which rivals the United States as the world's largest grain producer.

Michael Ma, «Northern Cities Sinking as Water Table Falls,» South China Morning Post, 11 August 2001; share of China's grain harvest from the North China Plain based on Hong Yang and Alexander Zehnder, «China's Regional Water Scarcity and Implications for Grain Supply and Trade,» Environment and Planning A,grain harvest from the North China Plain based on Hong Yang and Alexander Zehnder, «China's Regional Water Scarcity and Implications for Grain Supply and Trade,» Environment and Planning A,Grain Supply and Trade,» Environment and Planning A, vol.