Sentences with phrase «potato crop»

However, one farmer just a quarter - mile from the blast site told a local news station he was warned that his three acres of potato crop may be contaminated.

Staple sweet potato crops in the highlands were severely damaged by August frosts — the result of El Niño reducing night - time cloud cover — which also destroyed wild plants that are usually eaten as a backup source of food.

Louisiana's sweet potato crop proved its mettle this year.

Once harvested, the Idaho Potato crop is typically utilized as follows: 62 % is used to make processed potatoes, such as frozen and dehydrated; 29 % are shipped fresh; 9 % are for certified seed and the remaining crop is used on the farm or is unusable.

In May 2008 consent was given to the University of Leeds to carry out trials over a three year period on potato crops genetically modified for resistance to potato cyst nematodes and in March 2010 this consent was extended for a further three years.

According to the US Department of Agriculture, the preliminary estimated value for the Idaho ® Potato crop is $ 1.2 billion, a 22.7 % leap from the previous year.

Unlike the rest of UK potato crop that is more or less sustained and stored yearlong, Jersey Royal potatoes are a seasonal gem with a lot of character under paper - thin skin.

To answer this question, says Orlove, one would have to plant test potato crops on several possible planting dates and compare yields in successive years — but that's not an experiment he's currently planning to undertake.

With her father and older sister away from home when a potato disease strikes the Irish potato crop, Nory must be the one to find food to eat, keep shelter overhead, and look after loved ones.

I harvested my first - ever potato crop and the last of my carrots and onions, so roasted root veggies are on the menu this week.

It began in 1845 with the failure of potato crops in that and the following years due to the potato blight, caused by an oomycete called Phytophthora infestans.

Southern Produce aligned for a great sweet potato crop.

Shipping the Idaho potato crop to market in the early days.

If the potato crop fails, he does not regard it as an intervention by God to demonstrate His judgment — a judgment which must be accepted in humility and responded to with penitence and fasting.

In return, Henry took a portion of the potato crop, and marketed it to the local markets to make his profits.

In return, Henry would take a portion of the potato crop, and market it to the local markets to make his profits.

In return, Henry took a portion 20 sales: $ 25 million 10 of the potato crop, and marketed it to the local marHQ: Pompano Beach, Fla..

The Commission continues to evolve into its modern role of promoting Idaho Potatoes and researching ways to improve the state's potato crop.

In northern Europe, farmers typically spray a potato crop 10 - 15 times, or up to 25 times in a bad year.

Beginning in 1845, Ireland experienced the «perfect storm» of unusually cool, damp weather that provided prime growing conditions for an exotic pathogen that destroyed the potato crop.

At present, these and other viruses destroy as much as one - fifth of Mexico's potato crop.

If the stars are faint and become visible a day or two later than normal, the villagers believe a drought must be coming, and they postpone planting the potato crop by 4 to 6 weeks.

If the Pleiades are bright in June, plant the potato crop soon; if they are faint and rise late, it's better to wait.

The Irish Potato Famine: In the 1840s, an outbreak of potato blight swept through Europe and wiped out the potato crop in many countries.

Agriculture is an important industry for Idaho; the state produces about one fourth of the potato crop in the US, and silver mining also plays a significant role in the economy.

They have killed her dogs, stolen her sheep, and destroyed her potato crops right before a recent harvest.

For that, she went to jail, had her house knocked down, her potato crop destroyed and faces death threats.

But we have a sweet potato crop that has just come out, and we are planting broccoli, lettuce, mizzuna, carrots, onions and leeks too.»

Potatoes are one of the easiest edibles to grow in the garden, and by growing them in buckets you can harvest a potato crop just in even the smallest urban garden.

State police, hired as private security contractors on behalf of the Newmont, have threatened to evict her, built a fence around her land to restrict movement, razed her home twice and stolen belongings, and destroyed her potato crops.