farm
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Federal health officials have said a farm in Sinaloa, Mexico, that supplies Coast Citrus is the possible source of the contaminated peppers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
A farm in Deir al Balah in central Gaza.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
When property was collectivized, his family used the land to farm potatoes, onions and other crops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
When I was just a little boy, standing to my daddy’s knee, my pop took me to visit my Aunt Bill and Uncle Beverly on their farm outside Bardstown, Kentucky.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
Besides Sally Gooden, there was one other thing we had around our farm that I thought we could surely do without—that was setting hens.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Pearl diving has all but disappeared, particularly after the mass production of cultured pearls on farms after World War I. In Gulf countries, the extinction of this profession converges with a familiar story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Their working theory is that the elephants were exposed to the toxin through pesticides sprayed on nearby tomato farms.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
The tomato farms are found in the Kimana area, which is part of a corridor between Amboseli National Park and the Tsavo National Park in the south of Kenya.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
“Small farms, they are just enough to survive, to raise a family.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
They worked in town or on farms near this small tobacco trading post set among the rolling hills beside the James River.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Visiting one celebrated restaurant in San Francisco, he describes the preparation of commercially farmed abalone steaks as someone who knows his way around a commercial kitchen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
A spokesperson for Daera said the court directed that the defendant be deprived of the ownership of all farmed animals and ordered their destruction.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
However far more land is covered by the new arrangements - with 905,545 hectares being farmed by those in the SFS, and 384,399 hectares by those who remain in the legacy scheme.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Archaeology shows there was no dramatic contraction in the amount of land that was farmed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
To speed things up, Mr. Caton farmed some of the work out to other machinists.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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
The 27-year-old, from a farming family from Bokaro, has spent years preparing for Jharkhand's civil service examination, hoping it would get her the security of a government job.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
She called on the government to tackle sewage and farming "with the same urgency".
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Glyphosate is the active ingredient in many weedkillers used in farming and landscaping, making it a chemical that bees may frequently encounter while searching for food.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
“Study up tonight, and start farming tomorrow,” said Mr. Shareef.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
