Crops Quotations

The concept of serendipity often crops up in research. Serendipity is the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things that were not being sought. I believe that all researchers can be serendipitous.

The duty of the individual farmer, at this time, is to increase his production, particularly of food crops.

To destroy a standing crop goes against the soundest instincts of human nature.

If the rain spoils our picnic, but saves a farmer's crop, who are we to say it shouldn't rain?

We're close to losing our essential diversity. Look at our wheat crops - we rely on a handful of grain crops and plants that we've refined and bred over hundreds of years.

Seasonally ploughing and harvesting crops will mash up a few moles, slice through a burrow of field mice and crush any ground-nesting bird chicks. Far more significant, however, is the creation of the field in the first place: an act that replaces entire ecosystems, along with all their animal inhabitants.

A lot of crops depend on labor, but they're done by farmers that don't communicate with one another. They're never in the same room together.

Corn is a greedy crop, as farmers will tell you.

That's not all our crops can do. We are also learning how to transform plants into factories. We can now raise plants that will create enzymes that would otherwise be created in chemical factories.

In the seventeenth century, the science of medicine had not wholly cut asunder from astrology and necromancy; and the trusting Christian still believed in some occult influences, chiefly planetary, which governed not only his crops but his health and life.

All the food we eat - every grain of rice and kernel of corn - has been genetically modified. None of it was here before mankind learned to cultivate crops. The question isnt whether our food has been modified, but how.

For the Gulf States, perhaps no forage crop of which the available seed supply is relatively abundant exceeds the velvet bean in potential value. This legume possesses also the ability to make a crop when planted relatively late.

That's one of the great things about poetry; one realises that one does one's little turn - that you're just part of the great crop, as it were

Always point your finger at the chest of the person with whom you are being photographed. You will appear dynamic. And no photo editor can crop you from the picture.

The history of agriculture is the history of humans breeding seeds and animals to produce traits we want in our crops and livestock.

Elephants seek food elsewhere if their route is blocked, and raiding crops and grain stores brings them into conflict with people, often resulting in deaths on both sides.

By themselves, genetically engineered crops will not end hunger or improve health or bolster the economies of struggling countries. They won't save the sight of millions or fortify their bones. But they will certainly help.

We're going to move from a commodity economy where you basically grow the same kind of crops - where a kernel of corn is a kernel of corn is a kernel of corn - to an ingredient economy where there will be a kernel of corn that will be designed for fuel, there will be a kernel of corn designed for livestock.

Science consistently produces a new crop of miraculous truths and dazzling devices every year.

You grow great crops in great soil. And the soil is the commons. Increasingly, we have monopolistic companies that try to take as much as they can for themselves. And we have a patent and copyright regime that makes sure that nothing goes back into the commons unless by an extraordinary act of generosity. This is not fertile soil for innovation.

We can grow crops less expensively because molecular manufacturing technology is inherently low cost.

I'm in the position to pick the cream of the crop.

The most effective step that may be taken to increase the production of these crops is to enlarge the acreage devoted to them in the regions where they are grown habitually.

To be honest, I haven't seen a lot of the current crop of teen movies because there's only so much time and there's nothing that really drives me to do it.

Industrial agriculture characteristically proceeds by single solutions to single problems: If you want the most money from your land this year, grow the crops for which the market price is highest.

It's the opinion of some that crops could be grown on the moon; which raises the fear that it may not be long before we're paying somebody not to.

Pesticides came about after the first world war. Some brainy petrochemical money maker said, 'Hey, that mustard gas worked great on people, maybe we could dilute it down and spray it on our crops to deal with pests.'

We figured you could download live shows for days, so we decided to go for a cream-of-the-crop approach, but not just take the best vocal or the best performances.

When you crop the photo, you tell a lie.

The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.

Some bioengineering is good, especially if it results in plants that are more drought-resistant or perennial food crops.

We're most interested in well-managed crops that produce high yields. Year-to-year weather challenges, soil fertility and other variables can drastically impact the corn we see come into the plant and growers managing for those variables is key.

We were in dire need of moisture because some of the plants were bone dry. We're still evaluating what the storms meant to the crops because we had reports that pea-size hail fell later in the morning. Some plant leaves were damaged and possibly fruit as well, but it's too early to tell the extent of the damage. We'll be monitoring the situation over the next couple of days.

Vegetables are called 'specialty crops.' Don't ask me why.

In the rotation of crops there was a recognized season for wild oats; but they were not sown more than once.

The southward advance of native African farmers with Central African crops halted in Natal, beyond which Central African crops couldn't grow - with enormous consequences for the recent history of South Africa.

We shall not bring back a single bit of gold or silver, not a gem, nor any coal or iron. We shall not find a single foot of earth that can be planted with crops to raise food. It's no use. So, if you cannot understand that there is something in man which responds to the challenge of this mountain and goes out to meet it, that the struggle is the struggle of life itself upward and forever upward, then you won't see why we go.

The outlook for crops can change as often as the weather. If the downpours continue, some locations could suffer as the weeks go by.

What we can learn from historical plant domestication will benefit our ongoing and future effort to domesticate energy crops that will be equally important to the long-term sustainability of our society. It is remarkable how the earliest farmers could have selected a single mutation in DNA to develop a major food crop of the world.

Hey, you know who I feel bad for? Arab-Americans who truly want to get into crop dusting.

And thus of all my harvest-hope I have Nought reaped but a weedye crop of care.

We have a seven-year rotation. Three years of clover and grass where we're building nitrogen and increasing the fertility, followed by four arable crops - wheat, followed by oats, then beans and either rye or barley.

Many of the field hands who manage, pick and process these crops will be impacted through the loss of their jobs,

Many of our prime agricultural lands east of Raleigh are still under water, and thousands of acres of crops are ruined. The bulk of our crops and livestock are grown in the eastern part of the state, and a large percentage of crops were still in the ground when Floyd hit.

Nelson brought us to Texas. And now we're going to use cotton seed oil or used cooking oil to produce two million gallons of fuel for this community. Every community will experiment with what works best in their community. Cotton can't be grown in all areas, but the local farmers know what grows best and they can rotate their crops to reduce the need for pesticides.

Monsanto will continue to pursue applications that will give them greater control over how crops are grown, and to get more out of the seeds,

Right now, farmers are being penalized for wanting to grow chicory and other crops because there isn't insurance on non-traditional crops. If the farmer goes to the bank, even the banker won't back the idea.

I am cautiously optimistic the stellar growth in the first decade of commercialization will be surpassed in the second. The number of countries and farmers growing biotech crops is expected to grow, particularly in developing countries.

But that's if economic conditions become far worse than they are now, ... It's a bit like saying 'if the sun doesn't come up tomorrow then crops will fail,' or 'the world may end if it gets hit by a meteor.'

I have been intimately involved in the techniques of genetic modification as a scientist since GMOs were first conceived. In that time, hundreds of studies and tests have been done on GMO safety - and we've seen no scientific evidence that GMOs are inherently more dangerous than crops produced by traditional plant breeding.

Fundamentally, the increase in exports and export sales has been a supportive factor. Ideas that ethanol-driven demand for corn will continue to increase at a brisk pace and that U.S. corn acreage may decline modestly in 2006 also provide fundamental support. Dry weather has driven wheat prices higher and has raised concerns about the 2006 growing season for corn and other crops. Speculative demand for corn and other crops has also escalated, as evidenced by the daily tally of the net position of the fund traders.

There is a grave concern as far as the fresh fruit industry's future. We are going to work closely with Commissioner Bronson and the USDA to ensure that the new management plan safeguards our crops and our markets.

Having lost all of their crops last winter, they have managed this year by selling off their assets to purchase food. They must wait two more months before this year's crops come in, but it will be the hardest two months, here at the end of the farming cycle.

He should have said up front that helping farmers harvest crops in south Georgia is more important than educating children all over the state. Then school systems could have made a better decision whether to close or not,

Hunters in this stage are always learning new techniques and improving their skills in an effort to become better hunters. They tend to be more focused on one targeted species and spend countless hours in the field. They are usually more interested in applying management and harvest techniques, such as intensive fertilization of forage crops or limiting the buck harvest in a deer herd to improve age structure and antler production.

It could help on the crops and fire situation, but it really depends on how long it hangs around and how much water it puts on us. If it doesn't amount to much, this stuff will dry out pretty quick.

I think sunflower has kind of come full circle. It was a Cinderella crop in the late 1970s and early 1980s. But as other crops have had technology - Roundup Ready corn, herbicides and insect resistance - growers have opted for those technologies in lieu of sunflower.

I saw water in fields and crops affected by high winds,

Irrigate crops at short intervals and apply light irrigation especially in the evening.

Open source is one of those odd phenomena that crops up from time to time that is good for everybody. The software is invariably good quality, and it's free, so it's ideal for any area that does not convey a competitive advantage.

Our houses and crops have been damaged. We have incurred loss of hundreds of thousands of rupees.

Pa had made only two poor wheat crops since the grasshoppers came; he had barely been able to keep out of debt, and now there was the doctor's bill.

Our farmer members have seen their crops attacked by deer year after year, and it's caused a large economic toll.

Our mutual love of movie trivia factors occasionally in the 'Bone' character. It crops up a bit more in the 'Maestro' character.

Surveying these fields will provide information to get the big picture of how this fungus behaves in this part of the world. We know it's caused major losses in Asia and other parts of the world, but we don't really know how it will affect crops here. The weather and prevailing winds this spring will play a big role in what happens, but if South Texas bean crops have a rough year with soybean rust, there will be the potential for a bad year further north.

Most G.M.Os undergo rigorous lab testing to check human and animal tolerance. If something is found to cause an adverse reaction, it is not put on sale, it's as simple as that. Conventional crops don't have that advantage.

While demand remains strong, the farm economy will be challenged by large stacks of crops built up by abundant harvests the last two years, livestock expansion, higher interest rates and energy costs, animal-disease issues and weather.

We estimate that about 30% of the winter crops are dead as of today.

You do not discriminate among farmers based upon the natural disaster that took their crops. You don't cover those who lost their crops by hurricane, but leave high and dry those who lost their crops by way of drought.

We won't know the extent of the damage until after the crops are harvested.

The fact that terminator technology will work to the disadvantage of the subsistence farmer who depends on harvesting seeds for the next year's crops illustrates the intent of the companies, which is to get the maximum return on their investment,

We oppose the corridor, period. We believe the impact on the rural landowners is going to be detrimental as far as the effects to crops and livestock and the loss to the property or the farmland.

When people talk about cabbage production in the Winter Garden area of Texas, they're basically talking about the production in Uvalde County. Almost half of the vegetable production in the county is from cabbage, and here we grow and harvest cabbage crops almost throughout the year.

We also have some gardeners that grow their native Southeast Asia produce, which do very well in our climate. Some gardeners are very adventuresome and try a couple of new crops each year. Last year one gardener grew sesame seeds, which did extremely well.

You have no agricultural community, you are not growing crops and have a huge water source in your back yard. Others are not so lucky.

Without the divestitures, many American farmers would have faced lower prices for major crops they produce.

Without immigrants, we never would've built this place. There were about 100 Japanese here that raised crops of lettuce and peas. The railroad companies brought in migrant workers. The Chinese and Native Americans built the railroads, and a lot were Irish, German or some other nationality.

We had some rains about a month ago. We were at the real serious stage where our crops were dying. They weren't just stressed, they were dying.

We're strictly a cattle operation. We don't raise any cash crops or grain.

We will probably learn a lot about bird migration by discovering where the H5N1 virus crops up.

Everyone should be free to choose. But that choice is eroded if GM and non-GM crops are unintentionally mixed up; and in such cases, there may be an economic impact on one or more of the parties involved.

Erosion is a slow and insidious process. Yet, controlling soil erosion is really quite simple: The soil can be protected with cover crops when the land is not being used to grow crops.

Farmers reported partial to complete damage of their crops and properties.

The risk to crops and farms won't be as significant if it loses force, ... When you look at the lessons from Katrina, the eventual damage to agriculture was less than feared. The department of agriculture actually revised up its estimates of production in the state after Katrina passed.

It would take time for that to occur and during this period of adjustment -- some things might not get done -- maybe some crops won't be picked or some hotel rooms won't get cleaned.

These specialty crops require a lot of care and work. They have to be packed and shipped in a different and careful way.

These new genetically engineered food crops are the first wave of a generation of 'Brave New World' foods that are going to have serious health and environmental repercussions,

I've made it all my life, had some tough times and some good times, but I don't know how to make these (ends) meet, ... I thought in the spring I had one of the better crops around here and then overnight it took a different change.

Some Western North Carolina farmers who have been selling commodity crops are not pleased with the prices they've been getting. Many are now looking for new markets and new ways to diversify their income, control the price they get for what they grow, and stay in farming. We are fortunate in Western North Carolina because we have many family farms and a community of people and businesses that wants locally grown food. This conference aims to give farmers the skills they need to reach these markets successfully.

SBA's disaster declaration was issued as a result of a similar action taken by the Secretary of Agriculture to help farmers recover from damages and losses of crops caused by drought that occurred Feb. 1, 2005, and continuing.

Proponents of pharmaceutical crops have inflated the rewards and downplayed the risks.

Producers have a lot of money invested in their animals, crops and facilities. Therefore, they need to think about the threats that could put them out of business.

Official U.S. government policy in the Clinton administration is to grow food chain crops --the food supply of America -- on poison. And not to tell the public.

Coexistence measures are designed to ensure that GM crops can be grown alongside non-GM crops without negative economic consequences caused by accidental mixing of the two.

As hot as it's been with no rain, anything that hasn't been watered is pretty well dried up by now. I would think people's lawns and gardens are burning up if they haven't been watered. Non-irrigated crops are probably suffering pretty bad. Probably, the fire danger in those areas, of course, is going to be higher.

The Valley's a unique place; we're able to grow crops year-round.

This does really provide a model for guest workers to be treated with dignity. But also at the same time, for agricultural employers to ensure they have the workers to get their crops harvested.

This is a dilemma that always crops up with interest groups that too narrowly define themselves on one issue or another. Do they hold politicians to a standard of purity that ends up hurting them, the interest group? Do you let perfect be the enemy of the good? That is the dilemma they face.

They took all our land; I don't have any land to toil. My crops have to grow somewhere else.

They're emerging at this time of year and there's very little food availability and they'll continue to lose weight until some of those first berry crops begin coming off.