harvester
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He said he would hang on until next week to cut his wheat, for fear the combine harvester would spark a fire in the parched crop.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Philip is a harvester of periwinkles, but says the sea snails - a delicacy in the Niger Delta - are hard to come by these days in the mangroves and swamps.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
Mills farms 4,000 acres with five tractors and a harvester.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
"The potentially dangerous harvester ants even permit the visitors to groom between their open jaws."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 14, 2026
Ton-Ton took another minute to consider that, and then he stepped off the harvester.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
For mezcal producers and harvesters, that could make sustainable production more complicated.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 26, 2026
“Robotic harvesters remain slower than human workers and make more errors,” says Jon DeVaney, president of the Washington State Tree Fruit Association.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
Mechanization soon followed, with threshing machines and combine harvesters leaving less behind for gleaners to collect.
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2025
The industry is turning to robot harvesters, hydroponic tabletop farming and other developing technologies to address some of those challenges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2024
She muttered her stories to herself while she cooked or cleaned or took the long walk with the other harvesters to the Bog.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
