fields

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Surrounded by vast rice fields, agriculture and commercial fishing drive the local economy.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

The conditions mean farmers have missed two of the three usual planting phases for so-called "wet direct seeding" of rice, a technique that requires fields to be flooded.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Growing up in central Pennsylvania, I worked in the fields picking tomatoes for 15 cents per basket.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Middle-manager job postings are up slightly for fields like construction and medical information while holding steady in healthcare.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

“Let’s get the chores done in the house and let Alfredo check on the corn and the sugar in the fields and take the cows and goats to pasture, and then we’ll get started.”

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar