Sentences with phrase «of acres planted»

Indirect land use cahnge theory is also based on a false projection — That the number of acres planted in corn would double.

Between 1996 and 2011, the number of acres planted with genetically modified crops worldwide went from 4 million to 395 million, a 9,000 percent increase in the space of 15 years.

«A hundred acres of corn may have a value of just $ 800,000, while the same number of acres planted in strawberries may be worth $ 7.5 million,» said Devasia Manuel, a recent Illinois alumnus.

Finally, the total number of acres planted this year was the same as the total acreage planted in 2004 (328,000 acres).

The number of acres planted generally remains relatively stable across the United States.

Not exact matches

Twenty - five acres of the estate are dedicated to hillside grapevines planted from original rootstocks identified by viticulturists at the University of California, Davis.

Parmentier planted 100 acres of potatoes outside Paris and kept the crop under heavy guard, a strategy that convinced nearby villagers (and ultimately the entire country) that the starchy, misshapen lumps were desirable.

A large - scale facility that sits on 360 acres, the Nevada Solar One plant uses 850 gallons of water per megawatt hour, the SEIA states.

Farmers planted more than 300 million acres of them last year, an 80-fold increase since 1996.

??? But the price of corn is going to be high enough that people are going to want to plant corn, only that corn acreage is going to come in and infringe on the soybean,» he says, adding that increased Chinese demand for soybean oil will mean fewer acres for cotton — putting even more pressure on an industry that's already feeling the pinch.

The Gigafactory 2, as it is now named, is a 1.2 - million - square - foot facility just a short drive south of downtown Buffalo, on an 88 - acre site called RiverBend that was formerly home to a steel plant.

About 43 percent of the city consists of lakes and ponds, including a 50 - acre wooded tract of land that serves as a plant and wildlife sanctuary.

1.5 acres can produce 37,000 lbs of plant based food, or 375 lbs of beef.

Apple, for example, has hired an arborist, Dave Muffly, to oversee the planting of about 8,000 trees on its new 176 - acre campus in Cupertino, Calif., which will surround a spaceship - shaped new building where Apple employees will work.

And although prospective US wheat plantings of 47.3 million acres were above last year's 46.0 - million - acre total, wheat stockpiles are expected to push materially below 2017 levels.5

The plant encompasses 1.7 million square feet of manufacturing and warehouse space on a 72 - acre site at 910 Mayer Ave.

In parallel, Bombardier also entered into a letter of agreement with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) for a long - term lease of approximately 38 acres of property at Toronto Pearson International Airport on which Bombardier is planning to open a new centre of excellence and final assembly plant for its Global business jets.

A $ 25 million desalination plant would provide enough water to make about 3,000 acres of Palestinian land bloom.

The one - quarter - acre Franklin Permaculture garden — which was planted on a former campus lawn — is maintained for free by student volunteers, some of whom are studying horticulture and agriculture.

In 1996, Diaz Enamorado and his wife, Daysi Clemencia Reyes, began planting coffee in the village of El Chimizal on three - and - a-half acres in the region of Erandique.

Quinn then planted about 3/4 of an acre in 1986, as well as converting his chemical farm to organic production.

Future varietals will include a pinot noir, for which Shannon Ridge recently planted 40 acres of grapes on property it acquired last year.

Located on 8.5 acres, Milne Fruit Products» state - of - the - art plant is designed for high - efficiency, unidirectional manufacturing.

Today, it produces meats out of a 300,000 - square - foot plant on a 40 - acre site.

Although grape growing on anything but the valley floor was deemed difficult and unprofitable, Rod felt that the potential for top quality Cabernet Sauvignon was there, and planted 15 acres of Cabernet.

While fermentation is not a new process, and producing sweeteners by feeding microbes is arguably more sustainable than growing acres of stevia plants just to extract components from their leaves, it is unclear how the market will respond to EverSweet, given that the reason food and beverage manufacturers started experimenting with stevia in the first place was precisely due to its «natural» credentials (it's from a leaf).

Our Community Aid Program has restored thousands of acres of rainforest by farming only with shade grown farms, and planted our own coffee on our own organic farms.

But then again, coconut trees produce more sugar per acre of plants than regular cane sugar.

He judges by looks as well as flavor, planting his most beautiful discoveries on two acres of land by his house in Napa.

During the two years that GE alfalfa was permitted to be grown commercially, approximately 200,000 acres of Roundup Ready alfalfa were planted — amounting to less than 1 % of the total alfalfa acres in the U.S. Cal / West Seeds, a major alfalfa seed exporter, reported that 12 % of 200 + lots and all 6 of its research lots had tested positive for GE alfalfa in 2008 and that preliminary data indicated that 30 % of 10 seed stock lots had tested positive in 2009.

Later that year, it purchased and customized a plant of 25,600 square feet on three acres in Dallas to resume permanent operations.

Occupying a site of roughly 50 acres, the 24 / 7 - hour plant produces a variety of carbonated, flavored and vitamin waters, as well as high pH spring water.

By 1970, it was farming more than 700 acres of catfish and later that year it opened its first processing plant with a capacity to process 25,000 pounds per week.

Covering 26 acres and comprised of 15,092 solar panels, the 3.5 - megawatt solar farm is located adjacent to the company's manufacturing plant in Hanover, Pa..

Currently, he grows grapes on 5 acres, recently planted an additional 28 acres and expects by 2016 to have approximately 40 acres of producing wines in northern Arizona.

A lover of habanero chiles, she had grown about a hundred plants among citrus groves on the Sharp's 400 - acre plantation.

Fire destroyed the plant in 1951, but the company rebounded, purchasing 37 acres for the construction of a new, 4,500 - square - foot plant.

The company then analyzes the different varieties, and the varieties that are successful will be planted in a larger trial consisting of several acres, and tested in different growing areas.

With over 1,500 acres of farmland and five processing plants right in the Midwest, we make traceability and transparency priorities.

The new plant is located on a 200 acre site of agricultural and industrial land.

It is home to 45,000 acres of planted vineyards, over 400 wineries, and 815 wine brands.

In the U.S., approximately 38.3 million pounds of pesticides were used on approximately 8.6 million acres of cotton planted in 11 states in 2014 (the most recent year for which data are available), amounting to an approximate average of 4.4 pounds of pesticides per acre of cotton grown.

[32] In 2014, India planted approximately 93 percent of its cotton as GM (11.6 million hectares / 28, 664,224 acres), as did China (93 percent or 4 million hectares / 9, 884,215 acres).

All attuned to Government's «Make in India «vision, the aseptic liquid packaging manufacturing plant is spread over 21 Acres of the total 72 Acre land parcel that Uflex has bought at Sanand, Gujarat.

With the new factory, Uflex is set to enter the aseptic packaging industry that could grow to more than $ 67.47 billion in 2021 worldwide, according to Zion Research Uflex earned Rs6, 200 crore in revenue last year and bought 72 acres of land for the new Gujarat plant.

Scotch Bonnet and Habanero plants are a minimum of 3 - 4 feet tall and 4 feet across, which translates to about 3,000 plants per acre.

Ultimately, Petersen planted about 11 acres of grapevines, specifically Sauvignon Blanc, Sangiovese and Cabernet Franc.

July 12, 2016 (Paso Robles, California)-- As a child working the 740 - acre vineyard planted in Atascadero by his grandfather, David Parrish knew he wanted a life among the rolling vine rows of -LSB-...]

Complete with villas, a restaurant and a spa situated in the middle of 63 acres, his story continues to grow, much like the vines he first planted.

The Lin family owns an additional 200 acres of property at the corner of De Portola Road and Monte de Oro, of which approximately 50 acres are currently planted with Chardonnay, Cinsault, Mourvedre, Muscat Canelli and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes.