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...Corn and rice farmers burn off residue....
...The shift from farms to offices shortened lunches and rewarded alertness. Governments encouraged the new habits. Mediocre vineyards closed....
...the rice fields”, said Meng Qi, a technician who works on farmland in Binhai county, Jiangsu province, about 400km north of Shanghai....
...He says he wants to run a big farm in Indonesia one day, perhaps growing rice or coffee. Though the labour shortages are acute in Japan’s rural areas, they are not confined to them....
...“If they build the dams, causing lack of water, we have to reduce fisheries farms and move to other businesses,” Mr Duc said....
...Alongside the River Krishna sits Amaravati, an ancient Buddhist pilgrimage site that until recently was home to thousands of acres of fertile farms growing bananas, sugar cane, cotton, rice, spices and vegetables...
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...Dragon fruit made up 70 per cent of that amount, placing it alongside rice, pepper and catfish as one of Vietnam’s key farm and fishery exports....
...Even before Alexis got pregnant, we would eat a diet low in meat and buy our food from small, local farms.”...
...The lush fields where Ms Hla Ohn May and other farmers used to plant rice and beans are mere industrial landscaping now, manicured behind fences by company workers in orange jumpsuits....
...The rice harvest is estimated to have suffered a 25 per cent decline in output due to previous aversions toward congregating in large groups....
...It offers Peking Duck-inspired chicken rolls, congee (rice porridge) and fried dough sticks, writes Lucy Hornby, whose personal favourite is an egg custard pastry....
...Demand from Chinese dairy farms has driven up North American alfalfa hay prices. Rice from Thailand, barley from Australia and cocoa from west Africa all find their way to China....
...Economists dub sugar, rice and milk the “rice pudding commodities” for their heavy government support....
...Ain’t nutt’n iambic bout dis....
...In rice the ADB – not usually known for hyperbole – thinks the potential is “enormous”....
...Mr Rice said a second and third phase are under consideration....
...Already the floods, which were preceded by heavy monsoon rains since July, have destroyed a quarter of the latest crop in the world’s biggest rice-exporting nation....
...The decision comes amid growing concerns over the safety of Fukushima beef after it was found that beef from more than 500 cattle, which had been fed rice straw contaminated with high levels of radioactive...
...Shortly after the event wraps up in Wales, the Do Lectures US will begin on an organic farm and vineyard called Campovida in Hopland....
...Investors reacted negatively to the news as the maker of Rice Krispies and Pop-Tarts became the latest in a long line of companies to feel rising commodity costs....
...Staples such as rice and bread and fresh produce disappeared from store shelves, in part due to hoarding, but also as a result of late deliveries by damaged farms and production sites in the devastated north-east...
...Tomoe Unuma, who grows rice with her husband on a farm just 2km from the plant and was forced to abandon 40 cows when they were evacuated, sees no chance of consumers buying produce from the area....
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