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harvester

[hahr-vuh-ster] / ˈhɑr və stər /


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Filling up his seven tractors, two semitrailer trucks and a combine harvester for the year cost about $11,500 in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

With a roar, the apple harvester starts up.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 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

And so the shrimp harvester ground on until it reached the corner where the fence turned right.The road continued north toward a low range of hills.

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

Moving clockwise from the lower right, our eye takes in the ducks, the cattle, the human trio, the driver, the hayricks and the harvesters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Apr. 26, 2026

When her father’s hat peeked over the hill, and the laughter of the harvesters was a far-off chime, Aziz would run into the house to tell everyone, “They’re coming! They’re coming!”

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri


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