wheat

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Brazil’s coffee-growing monoculture left much of the country dependent on imported food, particularly white flour from the slave-worked mills of Richmond, which in turn encouraged the development of new capital-intensive wheat plantations in Virginia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The two farms plant a large variety of crops, including nuts, corn, wheat, cotton, alfalfa and fruits and vegetables — all needing a variety of fertilizers and other nutrients.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

He called for a “spring cleaning” so investors can “separate the wheat from the chaff.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Soft commodities have begun to show signs of renewed strength after a relatively quiet stretch, with key grains like corn and wheat starting to stabilize as investors rotate into lagging areas of the commodity complex.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

So if I put twenty acres into flax and twenty into wheat, that would be the needed forty acres.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson