harvest
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Repeated heatwaves after a warmer than usual spring have led to predictions of the worst harvest since records began.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Kreinbrink turned her experience into a wellness retreat business where people travel to Tuscany with her to harvest olives for olive oil, make wine and craft cheese on the farm, alongside local farmers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 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
Experts said the the UK's cereals and oilseed harvest could be the worst since records began in 1984.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
After a minute, he points to some fully grown kalo and asks, “Can I harvest a couple of these to steam tonight?”
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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The effects of the near-total closure of the Strait of Hormuz are compounded by expectations of a strong El Nino, which could disrupt harvests across key farming regions and further tighten global supplies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
It added that the impacts are already being felt, including low river flows, early harvests and high risk of wildfires.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Strong events can disrupt harvests, reduce crop yields and lift global food prices.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 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
Then Wang Lung cried out suddenly, “If I had the gold and the silver and the jewels, I would buy land with it, good land, and I would bring forth harvests from the land!”
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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More than 200 parameters go into creating the “perfect Pringle,” from the flour’s particle size and the dough’s humidity to the geography where the potatoes were harvested, according to Laenen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 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
Crops were harvested, leaves fell away, and the landscape turned stark and gray.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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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
It was called sharecropping, and it involved black families raising and harvesting crops for white landowners in exchange for a humble place to live and a meager share of the crops.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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