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harvester

[hahr-vuh-ster] / ˈhɑr və stər /


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In a forest grove to the east, a contractor climbed into a mechanical harvester and pivoted its head to grip and fell a tree, strip its branches and cut the trunk into exact lengths.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

This Animal Farm does indeed put certain aspects of the book through a proverbial combine harvester.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

"Sometimes the wheat's too dry, so the grain is too small and risks being thrown out with the straw" by the combine harvester, said Franck Laborde, FNSEA's head of climate risk.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Mills farms 4,000 acres with five tractors and a harvester.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026

Ton-Ton worked toward a conclusion with the same, slow deliberation as the shrimp harvester he drove along the tanks.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

Modern tractors and combine harvesters are so high in technology such as GPS steering that it's no longer such a leap to consider autonomous harvesting.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

This season, Yerxa said he’s paying roughly double for the diesel he uses to power the farm’s tractors, combines, harvesters and dozens of other heavy-duty machines.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Deere helped make satellite-guided tractors and harvesters ubiquitous on farms over the past 20 years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

For mezcal producers and harvesters, that could make sustainable production more complicated.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 26, 2026

The drums of war had not yet silenced the laughter of the harvesters, but Aziz felt the first pinch of heartache when her father didn’t return on the appointed day.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri


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