harvest
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"Aggressive" pruning is needed to keep the harvest at a height that's convenient for workers.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
“These dynamics and the expected demand growth from U.S. agricultural production through harvest season will keep diesel supported at exceptionally high prices this fall,” Muenster says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Britain’s harvest may be the smallest on record, driving up already high food prices, according to the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, a U.K. nonprofit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
She says for the ancient Celts it was "vitally important" to be prepared for the darker days of winter and to get the harvest in before All Hallows Eve, what we would call Halloween.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
“But I also harvest flowers, fragrant blooms to decorate the palaces, the houses of the nobles on the mainland.”
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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Intensive farming practices themselves contribute to climate change, and farmland is increasingly being abandoned by producers who cannot make ends meet or survive harvests lost to extreme weather.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Three winemakers earlier this month filed suit against the owner of Hundred Acre Wines, Jayson Woodbridge, and his company alleging that smoke from the wildfire ruined their harvests, the Press Democrat reported.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Sand storms blew in from the Gobi, disrupting the ripening process and spoiling harvests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Extreme heat and droughts suffered by Europe over the last two months are severely damaging harvests and will likely result in crop failures, the European Commission’s crop monitoring survey said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The harvests had been very poor, shop prices were higher than ever.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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Last year they harvested between 10 and 15 tonnes of fruit.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
“Meta harvested kids data. That’s how Meta makes money,” O’Neill said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Apples are by far the most widely harvested tree fruit in Germany, and the agency said the decline was due to "recurring heatwaves and persistent dry weather during the spring and summer of 2026".
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
The poultry industry has for years prioritized breeding bigger chickens, aiming to increase the amount of products harvested from each bird.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The potatoes they had planted in early June took from ninety to one hundred twenty days to mature, which meant they must be harvested soon.
From "Stone Fox" by John Reynolds Gardiner
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This year he's harvesting 3,500kg of the fruit, all of which is sold in the city of Bengalaru.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The water saved the young vines, but the heat ripened the château’s grapes faster, forcing Perrin to start harvesting in early August, three weeks early.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Some winegrowers elsewhere in Germany already started harvesting in the second week of August, which is exceptionally early, industry group the German Wine Institute said this week.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
"Cytology brushes can be used when dry and do an excellent job of harvesting cellular material without damaging the integrity of the artifact being sampled," says Breen.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
“He shrugged his shoulders and chuckled without mirth. ‘What do you think harvesting is?
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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