Sentences with phrase «wheat farmers in»

The U.S. embassy in Beijing reports that Chinese wheat farmers in some areas are now pumping from a depth of 300 meters, or nearly 1,000 feet.
Wheat farmers in Sherman County who lease their land to wind developers receive annual royalty payments of between $ 2,000 and $ 4,000 for each turbine sited on their property.
They were very successful wheat farmers in Russia, and established satellite farms in Canada, the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma.
In a book published in 1971, India's Green Revolution, Economic Gains and Political Costs, she reported that farmers with larger landholdings, such as the wheat farmers in the country's north, benefited far more than small - scale rice farmers in the south and east, or landless labourers.
The five top corporations are presently involved in class - action suits brought by wheat farmers in Oklahoma and Texas who accuse them of rigging grain prices.
Wheat farmers in particular worry about how tariffs would affect their market, which has gone through a turbulent stretch in recent years.
In his 1967 write - up of his work in the premiere issue of Psychology Today, Milgram shared one particularly riveting anecdote from the first study — that of an envelope that made its way from a wheat farmer in Kansas to the target, a divinity student's wife in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with just two connections.

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Some big brains believe Barnes is right: Farmers Edge recently raised nearly $ 60 million in equity investments to help support aggressive international expansion, and the company has recruited former Monsanto, DuPont and Canadian Wheat Board executives into its fold.
Twenty - four people work in Stinger's 41,000 - square - foot facility, a metal building that shares its property with wheat fields tended by a local farmer.
That's five to 10 times as much as what our farmers in the Midwest are currently making for growing GMO wheat, corn and soy.
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.
He acknowledges that this is a point of contention — there are Wheat Board loyalists out there who will highlight cases of farmers suffering in the wake of deregulation.
In the U.S., Lawson says high wheat prices have sparked a vicious cycle that is skewing farmers» planting decisions, and driving prices on other crops higher, too.
Founded in 1970 by «Prince» Leonard George Casley as a protest over government quotas on wheat farmers, Hutt River is the oldest micronation in Australia.
In 2012, western Canadian farmers seeded 21 million of acres of canola, surpassing the acreage for wheat (at 17 million) for the first time.
Well - known individuals are Simon Fishman, a successful wheat farmer who sits in the Kansas Senate.
That is partly why in the recent throne speech, the federal government promised to introduce legislation «to ensure that western farmers have the freedom to sell wheat and barley on the open market.»
It has also served as a long - standing source of western alienation, largely because farmers in Eastern Canada and most of British Columbia are exempt from the wheat board's authority.
But while the Harper government has demonstrated its hostility to the Canadian Wheat Board, it would probably be loathe to go into an election this fall having just traded away the dairy and poultry marketing boards supported by farmers in Quebec and Ontario.
He established himself as an innovative farmer, who switched from tobacco to wheat as his main cash crop in the 1760s.
Following a season of higher - than - expected grain production in the Prairies, farmers are now faced with the most severe backlog in years, with many deliveries for wheat, oats, barley and other products lagging months behind schedule.
A friend and colleague of mine who happens to be a wheat farmer shared with me his real life experience with trying to compete against the Monsanto - driven corporate farms in this country.
The history of stock futures, in general, dates back to the 1840's, when regional farmers met in Chicago to sell wheat to dealers for cold, hard cash — a practice that was dubbed as «spot» pricing.
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At a reunion with 12 of 13 farmers who had been jailed for taking wheat across the border, Rick stood by his decision to participate in the act of civil disobedience.
What he worries about is that North Dakota soybean farmers will switch to wheat because of Chinese tariffs on soybeans, putting them in competition with him.
But as the farmer goes about the task of raising wheat, he finds the most beautiful of flowers springing up in odd corners; he notices for the first time a grove of stately trees.
I watched some of those construction projects, including one that had begun north of Jerusalem in a wheat field, confiscated in recent days from a Palestinian farmer.
It is to follow the footsteps of Jesus Christ who is both the shepherd and the sheep, the farmer and the wheat, the vine shoot and the wine in the chalice, the sacrifice and the sacrificer.
Meet Matt Horlacher, a farmer in Tensed, Idaho, who's working with Ardent Mills to grow White Sonora, one of the oldest surviving North America wheat varieties.
Now, KAMUT ® brand wheat is grown on 80,000 acres by about 250 contracted organic farmers in Montana, as well as Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada.
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My perfect BLT and the one I grew up eating (not that there's much of a differentiation between what you're probably used to), was simple — perfectly ripe farmer's market tomatoes (or garden tomatoes) dusted with a little bit of salt and pepper and layered with crisp iceberg lettuce, at least four pieces of crispy bacon (flimsy bacon is a crime in my household) and then smooched between toasted whole - wheat sandwich bread smothered with light mayo.
I'm definitely going to have to make some of that crumble as soon as the farmer's market produces more than just strawberries — maybe with buckwheat flour subbed in for some of the wheat.
Once we find wheat with these characteristics, we work directly with local organic family farmers to grow the grain in a manner that is advantageous to the environment.»
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.
Our Turkey Red Wheat is grown in the rural areas of western Wisconsin by small - scale farmers using sustainable agricultural principles.
BTW for those of your readers in the E Bay, Massa Organics sometimes sells wheat berries in the Berkeley Farmers Market.
American farmers in the Northern Plain states and the Pacific Northwest have subsequently increased planting of lentils, peas, and chickpeas in recent years, while decreasing production of wheat.
The 2014 program schedule included: culinary demonstrations centered around adventurous flavors and new menu trends; presentations and panel discussions focused on sustainable agricultural practices, the role of wheat in our diet vs. seekers of gluten - free options, and water issues affecting food production; discussions on how American menus are often shaped by millennials, health and nutrition concerns, and global cuisines; a Friday field trip to the CIA Farm in St. Helena and through Marin and Sonoma Counties to visit Pozzi Ranch, Dutton Ranch (where Valley Ford Cheese Company joined), and Gourmet Mushrooms with tastings and presentations by the farmers as well as farm bureau and land trust experts; and the exciting and interactive Saturday Market Basket Exercise, where attendees were divided into six teams to develop menu concepts using sponsor products for the following categories:
The oat seedlings are identity preserved Non GMO and planted by small, carefully chosen family farmers in fields where no wheat is subject to cross contamination.
In many cases, short - duration varieties have allowed Bangladeshi farmers to include a third crop such as mustard, maize, or wheat, into their cropping schedule.
The ANZ analysis found in order to maintain current market share in global markets, Australian farmers would need to lift wheat production levels by 10 per cent by 2030.
But by lifting wheat production by 20 per cent, farmers would increase market share by 0.4 per cent in key demand markets.
DuPont patented Levitt's remarkable discovery in 1978 and four years later introduced its Glean herbicide to wheat farmers.
And as for the bread, this loaf is from a local baker at our farmers market, but on the more common days I use the sprouted wheat with flax by Silver Mills Bakery — usually found in the frozen section of our health store + at Whole Foods too!
Field trials of GM wheat were targeted last year in the UK, and now some 400 farmers in the Philippines have stormed a government - owned GM research field.
The problem is that those former factory workers in Detroit do not move to Iowa and become wheat farmers.
Ogbeh, refuted the claims during a NAN Forum in Abuja, adding that Federal Government will revive cassava bread initiative to boost food production, stem wheat imports and encourage cassava farmers.
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