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harvest

[hahr-vist] / ˈhɑr vɪst /




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LA CROSSE, Wisconsin — September is both campaign season and parade season in Wisconsin, as communities across the state celebrate Oktoberfest and the harvest of fall crops like apples and pumpkins.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026

Despite their popularity, these mushrooms face a longstanding problem that can make entire portions of a harvest difficult or impossible to sell.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

On Thursday, Arias said at a City Council meeting that the timing of the arrests was “not a coincidence” because it is harvest season in Fresno, a major agricultural hub.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

While this year’s lower harvest will help with some wine prices, Wente is seeing promise in its cattle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Though racial segregation was imposed in town, during planting season and the harvest, Colored people and Whites became just a community of farmers coming together to help one another live.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

Across the South West, Tom Collins, who speaks for the NFU in Wiltshire, says most cereal farmers had seen harvests down "at least 30%".

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

That would have been especially troublesome for a community whose religious festivals were closely connected with agriculture, harvests, first fruits, and the seasonal cycle.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Once, border migration patterns resembled a loop: thousands of laborers, mostly men, commuted here once or twice a year from Mexico to jobs in the fields, then on to other jobs once harvests were over.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

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

Wang Lung stood there in his dooryard where year after year he had threshed his good harvests, and which had lain now for many months idle and useless.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck

As the production of seafood has become more globalized, its supply chains have stretched longer, making it tougher for consumers and grocers to know whether it was harvested sustainably or legally.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Food needs to be harvested, transported, stored, sold and — last but not least — purchased.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

The Royal Observatory Greenwich also lists the Corn Moon as another common name, reflecting the crops traditionally harvested around this time of year.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Another group, led by Myers, harvested corn and threw it to teammates holding bins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

“How long ago were these harvested? And don’t you dare lie to me!”

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

The Russian domestic supply crunch was caused in part by dwindling supply while demand picked up during the country’s massive wheat harvesting season.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Turning Hinoki roots into useful aroma products may provide a higher value use for material that is commonly left behind after timber harvesting.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

He said he had learned about a Benedictine Priory site "which is very interesting" and discovered there had been "a really remarkably large industry in harvesting seaweed".

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

"We started harvesting at the end of July, which is unheard of," said Filippo Mobrici, 59, head of the Barbera d'Asti Consortium.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Two days later, after we had run ourselves into the ground harvesting the rest of the honey, Zach showed up with the prettiest notebook—green with rosebuds on the cover.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd




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