Sentences with phrase «growing wheat crops»

A new photosynthesis discovery at The University of Queensland may help breed faster - growing wheat crops that are better adapted to hotter, drier climates.

Not exact matches

Of all the crops grown in Canada, a perennial version of wheat makes the most sense, since the grain is Canada's top agricultural export — $ 2.8 billion of wheat was sold to more than 70 countries last year.

After participating in the Y Combinator tech accelerator — FarmLogs was the first farming - focused startup ever accepted into the program — the duo started marketing their data science tools to farmers growing row crops such as corn, wheat and soybeans.

If there is a silver lining, it is that today's high prices should encourage more production, but unlike fast - growing crops like rice, wheat and soybeans, coffee grows on trees that take years to mature.

It's funny because you always hear about how bad GMO soy, corn and wheat are for us (which they are) but those crops are mainly grown to feed the animals.

«Lentils are grown as an alternative crop to wheat in alternative growing seasons.

I met the farmers (Penner and Peterson Farms) who grew this wheat, right here in Minnesota and they could not be more passionate about their crops and the bread that results from their work in the fields.

Unlike rice and wheat that require many inputs in terms of soil fertility and water, millets grow well in dry regions as rainfed crops.

Approximately 1.2 million hectares are given over to fodder crops to feed cattle, according to al - Zayat, which he says «limits the country's ability to grow badly needed wheat».

After reading new research about the issue of «crop desiccation» done by using glyphosate on wheat and other grains just prior to harvest, Tropical Traditions decided to first test some commercial wheat products with wheat grown in Montana, North Dakota, and Canada.

The farm grows nearly 20 varieties of organic crops, including red wheat, oats, millet, sunflower seeds and hemp seeds, many of which are used in One Degree breads, flour and cereals.

Watch out for: Most oats grown in the United States and Canada are rotated with wheat crops, making cross contamination a major concern for people with gluten intolerance.

It was able to grow between their usual wheat, barley, corn and rice crops.

We maintain our own certified planting seed, and personally contracted with «Seedsmen» who have not grown any wheat, rye or barley on their land for the last 2 years and who use their combines for only Gluten Free Oats, LLC or non gluten crops.

As gluten allergies reach a global high caused by the biggest crop grown in the world (wheat) and GMO infestation puts a dent in the usage of the world's second crop, corn, food companies are scrambling to utilize the world's third largest crop: rice.

Growing a backyard wheat crop when he was the western Victorian rural reporter seemed fun until he had to sow every seed by hand.

* Spring wheat yield seen at 45.5 bu / acre, up 8 pct vs 2011 * Tour pegs durum yield at 42.6 bu / acre, up 34 pct vs 2011 * Three - day tour concludes Thursday in Fargo, North Dakota (New throughout; changes dateline from previous BOTTINEAU, North Dakota) By Julie Ingwersen DEVILS LAKE, North Dakota, July 25 (Reuters)- Favorable growing conditions should result in above - average yields for the U.S. spring and durum wheat crops in northwest...

In recent centuries potatoes have become the world's most important tuber crop and its fourth most important source of food energy (after rice, wheat, and maize): farmers and gardeners grow them worldwide.

And perhaps most intriguing, research suggests that Martian and lunar soil could be used to grow crops like wheat and even potatoes.

He also factored emissions from the fertilizer and farming machines used to grow and harvest the wheat, and whether the field had previously been used for other crops.

Some growers are joining Funk in moving to dryland farming — growing wheat and other crops that do not require irrigation.

The second objective was to use the evaluated modules to assess the long - term effects of growing winter wheat as a cover crop on water balances and seed cotton yield under irrigated and dryland conditions, Ale said.

In recent times, winter wheat has been increasingly grown as a cover crop in Rolling Plains cotton production systems.

But the commercial aviation industry burns nearly 240 million gallons (945 million liters) of Jet A daily and if oil prices were to approach the $ 150 - per - barrel mark reached last year, the demand for Camelina oil might end up driving farmers to grow less wheat — a staple food crop.

«Since winter wheat is widely grown as a forage crop or cash crop for grain, seed is readily available, making it a popular choice as a cover crop,» he said.

Wheat will still grow even if the rainfall season is shortened, but a warmer climate will severely harm crops such as chickpeas, walnuts and peaches in their ability to produce yields.

Conversely, much more of the prairie lands have become the fertile fields on which we grow our cereal crops of corn, barley and wheat on.

A similar study by Michigan Technological University sponsored by UOP found that jet biofuel from camelina could reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by as much as 84 percent and be grown in rotation with wheat crops.

By Niu Shuping and Naveen Thukral WU LIU, China / SINGAPORE (Reuters)- China's wheat crop has suffered more severely than previously thought from frost in the growing period and rain during the harvest, and import demand to compensate for the damage could see the country eclipse Egypt as the world's top buyer.

As part of an initiative launched in Washington DC earlier this month, researchers in 12 countries have started to hunt for varieties of the top five staple crops — rice, wheat, corn, cassava and beans — that might grow better in poor soils, as well as providing added trace nutrients for the people who eat them.

Any producer will tell you, growing a healthy, high - yielding wheat crop takes skill and hard work.

In the study, the researchers systematically tested 30 different wheat crop models against field experiments in which growing season mean temperatures ranged from 15 °C to 26 °C.

Researchers at private agricultural firms tend to focus on creating better varieties of widely - grown, high - value crops, such as wheat and corn.

As follows, the problem for Kansas: Warmer winters are bad news for the wheat farmers» requirement for freezing temperatures to grow winter wheat, and during summer, warmer days rob Kansas of precious soil moisture, drying out valuable wheat crop.

Grasses such as rice, wheat, maize and sorghum are important cereal crops grown in different parts of the world.

is a fast - growing weed with a tiny genome that is much easier to study than the massive genomes of key crops like wheat and corn.

The mustard cress Arabidopsis thaliana is a fast - growing weed with a tiny genome that is much easier to study than the massive genomes of key crops like wheat and corn.

Wheat is one of the most widely grown crops in the Western world.

Growers are now spraying wheat and other crops not only during the growing season, but also after harvest, to keep pests out!

Add to this the fact that crops like corn, alfalfa, wheat and soy are now being used as animal feed so much of the land is being used to grow food for animals.

After reading new research about the issue of «crop desiccation» done by using glyphosate on wheat and other grains just prior to harvest, Tropical Traditions decided to first test some commercial wheat products with wheat grown in Montana, North Dakota, and Canada.

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....

Do you know that Barley is the third largest crop grown in Canada after wheat and canola and is considered as Canada's newest home grown super food?

While oats themselves are gluten free, they are often grown in fields that crop cycle with wheat, barley, and rye.

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.

Wheat is the most widely grown crop in the UK.

Support your students to find out more about food provenance by investigating where bread comes from and the best conditions for growing a succesful wheat crop.

My family mainly grew alfalfa hay, but also crops from bluegrass seed to wheat to peppermint oil, (which I cared for as my FFA project).

Although English life was beginning to change with the gradual development of cities, the economy was still mostly agrarian in the 1200s, with 90 % of the population (estimated to be around four million people in 1300 AD) making their living off the land, either as farmers (growing wheat for personal use or other grain crops to feed livestock) or herders (mostly sheep and goats).

It so happened that a drought fell upon the land and where every other farmer's crop was ruined, my grandfather's grew because it was tardy growing in the first place and when a slight rain finally fell, his farm was one of the few to produce wheat.