grain harvest
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgrainandharvest
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grain
noun
uk/ɡreɪn/us/ɡreɪn/
a seed or seeds from a plant, especially a plant like a grass such as rice ...
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harvest
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈhɑː.vɪst/us/ˈhɑːr.vəst/
the time of year when crops are cut and collected from the fields, or the activity of cutting and collecting them, or the crops that are cut ...
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(Definition ofgrainandharvestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I had a moderategrainharvest—moderate because we did not get the rain needed when the heads should swell but got all the rain at harvest time.
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During this season, the crops of thegrainharvestwere collected.
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Rain finally came late in the season and produced a goodgrainharvest, but the drought continued the next year.
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Thegrainharvestwas badly affected, and creative solutions to make the flour last longer were introduced.
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This will eventually lead to water scarcity and cutbacks ingrainharvest.
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Standing grain-crop dry matter followinggrainharvestwas determined from 0.15r1-m areas (three areas in ungrazed plots and five areas in grazed plots).
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Thegrainharvestarea was 4.5 m2.
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Thus, because thegrainharvestwas mechanised even as it shrank substantially after 1880, simply counting reapers will progressively understate the trend away from hand methods, whereas this reflects it.
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Without the help of that section of the population in thegrainharvestwe should be in a very difficult position indeed.
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There is no question of young children doing the work of thegrainharvest.
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The mild winter, coupled with a goodgrainharvestlast year, appears to have greatly improved the livestock farmers' situation.
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The best available evidence we have suggests that, after a recordgrainharvest, there exists sufficient food for all.
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We want 12,000, for instance, in relation to thegrainharvest, and so on.
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By thegrainharvestthis year we expect to have 31,000 prisoners of war, and by the potato harvest, 35,000.
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I spoke about the employment of children in one area on thegrainharvest.
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The situation was helped by the fact that thegrainharvestwas light and was got in during extremely good weather conditions.
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We had a recordgrainharvestlast year, and it is clear that one of the ways to obtain cheaper food is to increase production.
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We expect 31,000 by the end of thegrainharvestand 35,000 by the end of the potato harvest.
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Those farmers in two counties asked for 2,100 more labourers than they have at present for getting in thegrainharvest.
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We thought of that, too, but thegrainharvestis always a good many weeks earlier than the potato harvest.
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