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harvest

[hahr-vist] / ˈhɑr vɪst /




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A caller may be attempting to harvest your personal information, or they may be an aggressive marketer working for a broker that has purchased your contact details.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

The Israeli human rights group Yesh Din said on Sunday that it had logged 269 incidents of violence directly related to the olive harvest over the previous 20 days.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

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

As soybean farmer David Schacht begins his fall harvest, surging diesel and fertilizer costs are fast outpacing his earnings.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

I’d quickly written up a piece about harvest and dutifully sent that in.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

By revealing how a previously underexplored class of plant immune receptors can be engineered to recognize multiple fungal threats, the researchers have identified a possible new strategy for protecting future harvests.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

Some 1,200 sheep are brought in to graze on the crops in between rice harvests, and they leave behind organic matter, which enriches the soil naturally.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

"Growers like to have people in the mix to make some of those very critical decisions – especially when it comes to harvests," he says.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Should energy stay high through next year, and the El Nino weather pattern hit harvests, growth would likely be significantly weaker, while central banks would respond to higher inflation with bigger rate moves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

He sang of battles and marriages, of funerals and hangings, the whimperings of beaten enemies, of splendid hunts and harvests.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

Chief Executive Bruce Taylor said the company won’t sell iceberg lettuce in the U.S. or Canada that was harvested or processed in the region between May 1 and Aug. 31, starting next year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

Paola Lopez, who has harvested raisins in the central San Joaquin Valley, supports stronger regulations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 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

They harvested birds for the next hour, and the next hour, until the sun sank low and the remaining birds withdrew to their perches for the night.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

And, of course, there’s a brain-melting plan for SpaceX to launch data centers into orbit, harvesting free power from the sun.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

Diamond said there’s also a long tradition of locals harvesting food from the ocean.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

A major driver of the borrowing growth is a tax-loss harvesting strategy that uses leverage to amplify returns and create tax losses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

In the fields, the cost of diesel needed to run combines as farmers start harvesting soybeans, corn and other crops this month has skyrocketed more than 67 percent since February.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

At his boys’ camp, Kim works day and night in the fields planting and harvesting rice.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung


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