grower

Example Sentences

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When that saved water is pumped from wells, it flows via canals and pipes to the fields of about 120 growers, irrigating onions, peaches, almonds, pistachios, potatoes, tomatoes and other crops.

From Los Angeles Times

"If we get a spell where we can't get spraying for disease, if we lose an entire field, vegetable growers don't get anything - we just have to deal with it."

From BBC

The Interior Department said it also will spend $40 million to support planning and preconstruction work on a project to raise the height of Shasta Dam — a proposal that growers and water agencies have supported.

From Los Angeles Times

Of these, city gas to homes is the standout grower, expanding steadily as the network spreads across urban India.

From BBC

That means higher nitrogen prices can sharply squeeze margins for corn growers.

From Barron's