While President Truman was trying to cope with the food shortage at hand (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), the Department of Agriculture planted the seed of a program to handle the abundance to come.

12, 2011 – Despite the less than ideal soil conditions and above normal temperatures during the 2010 growing season, U.S. corn growers harvested the third largest crop on record, according to ...

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No disbudding had been practised. In my own case I have had, as usual, an abundant crop, including about three dozen well-ripened fruits for winter use. The season has been favourable for half ...

Nov. 4, 2024 — Evolutionary biologists report they have analyzed a fossil of an extinct giant meat-eating bird -- which they say could be the largest known member of its kind -- providing new ...

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They require less winter cold than any other varieties to produce abundant crops. Both varieties were developed in Israel and, although self-fertile so either one will produce a crop on its own ...

Experts have highlighted a vital job which gardeners need to do this month to ensure an abundant and delicious crop next spring. "The cuttings don't need any special treatment – all they need to ...

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