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harvest

[hahr-vist] / ˈhɑr vɪst /




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Trivago meanwhile suggested that it was ready to harvest the benefits of its brand-building effort, slowing its ad-spending growth to 10% in the first half of this year from 20% in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

But plants further away were largely intact, with enough green leaves for their grapes to continue to mature in time for harvest next week.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

"This year's very dry harvest will mean that the quality will be good but the yield will be down," he tells BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

Many crops require weeks or months of preparation to grow and harvest, Shreve said, so boosting production is easier said than done.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

During this service period, city boys and girls were sent to the country to help farmers plant crops and bring in the harvest.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Strong events can disrupt harvests, reduce crop yields and lift global food prices.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

On the other hand, construction projects slow down, health services are strained, harvests suffer and maybe tourists rethink their vacation plans.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Yaghi’s Irvine-based company, Atoco, has said it will start taking orders later this year for its technology that harvests water from the air.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

Storage units have been financed by the UN, to allow harvests to be kept and sold when the market improves, and some of the women have received better seeds.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

And again the harvests were good and Wang Lung gathered silver from the selling of his produce and again he hid it in the wall.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck

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

"This year is historic because the grapes have never been harvested in July before," said Matteo Castellani, head of the Coldiretti farming union for Casteggio, south of Pavia.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

The pristine farms, forests, ocean and rivers serve as the country’s pantry, where Māori food is regional, and ingredients are harvested based on seasonality and availability.

From Salon Jul. 26, 2026

As if something earthier and stronger had been harvested in the fields with all those valuable grapes.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

It would be many months before the rice was harvested and the poor allowed to glean the fallen grain from the bare fields.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park

A short distance away from Al-Louh, a group of farmers was harvesting eggplants even though they were still unripe, knowing they probably wouldn’t get another chance.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

How AQR perfected tax-loss harvesting to help the rich get richer.

From Slate Aug. 8, 2026

Scorching summer temperatures have disrupted life for millions of Europeans but for winegrowers in Italy and France, who are harvesting their grapes unusually early, the hot weather offers pros as well as cons.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

Moisture content has to be at a specific level for harvesting different crops.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

“Perhaps it will be easier harvesting the other things that grow here. Perhaps picking fruit from trees will be more pleasant.”

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty




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