Sentences with phrase «on millions of acres»

Lodgepole pine trees on millions of acres in Colorado and Wyoming are dying and will oxidize on the forest floor unless otherwise used, victims of a pine beetle infestation exacerbated by warming global temperatures.

Since biodiesel is made from soybean, palm, canola, flax, sunflower, and other plant oils, those crops must be grown on millions of acres of land, using enormous amounts of water, fertilizer, pesticides, and energy.

Does that mean you could hunt them on the millions of acres of public hunting areas, called wildlife management areas, that the FWC maintains?

Well, arsenic - based pesticides had been used more than a century on millions of acres of cotton fields, noted to be «a dangerous practice» back in 1927.

The neonic entered broad use in the U.S. in the late 1990s and quickly became ubiquitous, used on millions of acres of corn, cotton, soybeans, canola and more, accounting for about $ 2.5 billion in sales.

Not exact matches

Kelly hopes that in the next 10 years he can inspire enough homeowners and businesses to come on board that 50 percent of America's 40.5 million acres of lawn will be switched to organic care, reducing by half the 3 million tons of synthetic fertilizers and 30,000 tons of pesticides used annually.

For perspective on the potential business opportunity, consider that Canadian farmers exported $ 45 million worth of hemp seed to the U.S. in 2016, making as much as $ 300 per acre, per season, farming industrial hemp.

The delayed launch of what Monsanto calls a blockbuster product is another setback for the company, which is already battling to keep a new version of a herbicide on the market in the face of complaints that it damaged millions of acres of crops this summer.

This year's version of Arctic Edge was the first of its kind in more than three decades and covered more than 1.5 million acres on the ground and 65,000 miles of inland air space.

Among homes valued at $ 5 million or more, Trulia says the median price is close to $ 7.4 million and comes with 5,663 square feet of living space on nearly an acre of land.

On Tuesday, the administration announced that it will sell leases for nearly 77 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas drilling — the largest offering ever.

CNBC's «Secret Lives of the Super Rich» takes a look at a $ 31 million Aspen estate that comes with a zip line, snowmobiles and 435 acres on Aspen mountain.

With the next - largest footprint is the uCity Square proposal for 6.5 million square feet of retail, residential, office, and lab space on 27 acres of existing buildings and vacant land owned by Wexford and the nonprofit University City Science Center along and north of Market Street between 34th and 39th Streets.

The most compact of the three is the Schuylkill Yards plan for 8 million square feet of offices and tech workshops, stores, and residential towers on 14 acres owned by Brandywine and Drexel near 30th Street.

For example, Walmart, the country's largest grocer, is collaborating with food and beverage suppliers and their supply chains to reduce the impact of fertilizer on 14 million acres of US farmland.

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.

The most expensive properties in Palm Beach stretch from the Atlantic Ocean on their east side to the Intracoastal on the west: Conrad Black sold his 21,000 square feet (which sat on three acres) for $ 25 - million in 2011 while he waited to see if he would be cleared of charges of fraud and obstruction of justice.

Ecosteel USA, a construction and engineering firm and building supplier, is proposing a $ 240 million steel mill complex on about 124 acres of county - owned...

Construction on a new entrance to the visitor center at the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, part of a $ 380 million project to improve the 91 - acre Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.

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

The deal for an 18 - acre block owned by the City of Brantford, is expected to close on March 28, and represents an additional investment of about C$ 2.2 million.

The amount of land involved is considerable: 2 million acres in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta; over 200,000 cattle grazed; 3,100 cattle producers who pay to graze their cattle on this land.

One of the properties, a 2,650 - square foot home on a 0.4 - acre postage stamp of land, closed for roughly $ 14.5 million, a lofty sum that breaks down to nearly $ 5,500 per square foot; the average price per square foot in Palo Alto is $ 1,000.

In Colombia, Anadarko controls the rights to explore or conduct technical evaluation activities on approximately nine blocks totaling approximately 20 million gross acres as of December 31, 2016.

State officials on Monday reported a record 129 million dead trees across 8.9 million acres due to drought and bark beetles, posing the biggest wildfire hazard to the Sierra Nevada region in the northern part of the state.

Hemp production in Europe is reported to be 250 million pounds of hemp cultivated on 70,000 acres on land, with majority of Europe's hemp production occurs in the west, where Germany, Italy, Poland and France all cultivate hemp.

Based on the yield estimates, Canadian hemp seed production is approximately 15,513 tonnes — assuming all acres were harvested — translating to an estimated gross revenue of $ 30.75 - 34.17 million CDN — $ 990 to $ 1,100 per acre.

Together, they build in physical world that millions of children over the past century have discovered on a page — the Hundred Acre Wood, populated by Winnie (short for Winnipeg, the origin of the imaginary bear) and friends.

Meier's Beverage Group has more than 1.9 million gallons of tank space on its 6.5 - acre, eight - building campus in Silverton.

PPC now has two locations on 54 acres, with more than 2.5 million cubic feet of refrigerated and frozen capacity, and more than 140,000 square feet of total space.

Rose Acre Farms has approximately 25 million chickens, 85 percent of which on average lay an egg daily at one of the company's farms in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa Missouri, Georgia or North Carolina.

The $ 50 million resort is only a half mile from the Plaza, is extremely upscale for the area and consists of 37 themed suites situated on four acres surrounding ponds, waterfalls, and a meadow.

Located in the Hunts Point region of the Bronx on 113 acres of property, the market includes approximately 1 million square feet of interior space.

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.

To this day Sambazon is the ONLY Fair Trade Certified açaí (which is a lot more in depth and different than 1 % For the Planet and many pay to play certifications other brands have), and is the only vertically integrated company on the market, ensuring the highest quality, and premium açaí out there, and has protected millions of acres of Amazon Rainforest to this day, by providing 20,000 family farmers with employment from sustainable harvesting of açaí fruit.

A KPMG due diligence report on the plan noted that: «Aerem has authority for sale of real estate agreements to acquire 66 dairy farms, in Western Victoria for a total price of $ 312.8 million — 45,404 acres [18,374 hectares] in total.»

This exciting, long - term, multi-faceted plan builds on another successful IDB - supported project that the Rainforest Alliance executed in Honduras from 2005 to 2010, which concluded with 129,715 hectares (320,396 acres) of land either Forest Stewardship Council and Rainforest Alliance Certified or in the process of achieving certification, and with US $ 1 million in sales of forest products achieved.

Pechanga Resort and Casino finalizes its $ 285 million expansion this spring, with an exciting new lobby, additional meeting space, an entire 568 room wing of AAA Four - Diamond rooms and suites, luxury 25,000 square foot spa and additional 4 1/2 acre pool complex with lagoon, swim - up bar and waterslides, doubling down on the already award - winning resort.

They also threaten Homo sapiens, that poor creature who lately has begun driving six miles out of his way to buy phosphate - free laundry soap, all the while turning his back on poisoning programs that are directly and specifically contaminating millions of acres of his country.

Correct Amos — and if you had any idea about what is going on in East Manchester you'd know that MCFC is investing # 150 million into a new training complex and academy that is being built on around 70 acres of derelict land adjacent to the stadium, and is due to be completed in time for the start of next season.

At a cost estimated at about $ 3 million, according to Tayler, the plans to build a leisure - style water park is the largest project the park district has tackled since opening the 90 - acre, $ 1.6 million Ron Beese Park on the south end of town in 1992.

Park district officials have been gathering public input on the idea of turning Five Seasons into a community center since April, when they announced an opportunity to purchase the local health club and the 17 acres of land it stands on for about $ 20.3 million.

Whether Cary can finance an $ 8.3 million expansion of its sewer treatment plant on Spring Street may be the key to whether the 260 - acre Hoffman farm will be developed commercially or as a gravel pit, said Cary Village President Donald Huffer.

The $ 9.6 million recreation center will be built on an 8.5 - acre parcel on the west side of Belmont Road just south of Ogden Avenue and adjacent to a district golf course.

A proposed golf course turned into a 110 - acre central park in the middle of the development with seven others fanning out over 58 acres in the neighborhoods.The Oswego Park District will receive $ 2.36 million in contributions from Moser Enterprises for the parks development.Site preparation on the first two developments will begin in the next two weeks, Zwemke said.

As we celebrate the centennial of the National Park Service (NPS) and its stewardship of the over 400 national parks, monuments, and recreation areas covering more than 84 million acres, the Arlington Heights Park District announces the launch of a new community - wide effort taking steps to end hunger for families locally and to put shoes on the feet of people around the world.

The park district last month announced plans to build a $ 2 million public golf course on 237 acres owned by the Illinois Department of Corrections outside the Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill.

On Wednesday the Park District Board approved a plan to spend about $ 2.6 million to buy property west of Haas Park and nearly double the size of the less than 1 - acre park.

On the site of the former Wild Water Kingdom, more than $ 25 million was invested to transform the 45 - acre park with all - new rides, attractions, and amenities.

In Oak Brook, park district officials want voters «opinions on a proposed $ 14 million facility on 14 acres just north of Central Park.