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[seed] / sid /




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According to DEFRA, it can only be spread on crops that cannot be eaten directly from the land, such as wheat, barley and oil seed rape.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

But he does stress that the smallest seed of hope is what allows us to maintain our humanity, compassion and desire for companionship, even in the most dire straits.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

Remember last season, with the help of rain, the No. 8 seed, Orange Lutheran, stunned the No. 1 seed, St. John Bosco.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

In this zone, marine life and sunlight help produce a chemical mixture that can seed the atmosphere with particles capable of influencing clouds.

From Science Daily Aug. 18, 2026

For now, I drool over seed catalogs and study up on how to build a fence.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

Mycotoxins can be especially common in plant-based products because many of their ingredients, including grains, legumes and seeds, may be exposed to mould while they are being grown or stored.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

"My farmland is also swept away. Ten sacks of mustard seeds, tons of corn and rice paddy are all gone. Nothing is left."

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

When we offer supplementary food, such as seeds or meat scraps, this attracts birds of many different species in a combination and number that would not happen in nature.

From Science Daily Aug. 24, 2026

They have vivid memories of prior asset bubbles, from the fiber optic investment boom of the dot-com era to the mortgage-backed securities binge that planted the seeds of the global financial crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

But I put the crate down anyway, and threw the sunflower seeds inside, and left the door open.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones

But those involved also highlight the significant risk of failure due to numerous factors, not least because not just any cloud can be seeded.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

The movie is seeded with nods to Green Day lore, scripted over long sessions riffing with the band over its tour catastrophes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

New Mexico’s nascent free child-care program relies on a new trust fund created in 2020, which has grown from the $300 million that seeded it to $11.7 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

OpenAI’s response is to propose a public wealth fund, seeded partly by AI companies, with returns distributed directly to citizens.

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

The threads push through the cell wall and grow out of the cell, like grass rising from seeded loam.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

The plane must "get as close as possible, detect the updrafts, and begin seeding," Aljaberi told AFP on board the flight.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

Security Minister Djamari Chaniago said Monday Indonesia had deployed 43 helicopters and up to 15 fixed-wing planes for cloud seeding where needed.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

"We can restore habitat by seeding meadows and planting trees, but this process takes a long time and has to be carefully managed," he said.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

But these projects are simply two among countless others that have been seeding AI into museums and historical research for well over a decade.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2026

A community that had come together, from seeding to harvest to the bee.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead




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