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  2. Viterra - Wikipedia

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    The company owns and operates grain terminals in Western Canada, along with 95% of the grain handling and storage facilities in South Australia. The company ships grain to markets worldwide. [2] Viterra was also one of the largest agri-product retailers in Canada, with a network of more than 250 retail locations throughout the Prairies.

  3. Algaecide - Wikipedia

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    Barley straw, in England, is placed in mesh bags and floated in fish ponds or water gardens to help reduce algal growth without harming pond plants and animals. Barley straw has not been approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for use as a pesticide and its effectiveness as an algaecide in ponds has produced mixed results during university testing in the United ...

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  5. Barley - Wikipedia

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    Barley straw has been placed in mesh bags and floated in fish ponds or water gardens to help prevent algal growth without harming pond plants and animals. The technique's effectiveness is at best mixed. [84] Barley grains were once used for measurement in England, there being nominally three or four barleycorns to the inch. [85]

  6. Straw - Wikipedia

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    Straw or hay briquettes are a biofuel substitute to coal. Straw, processed first as briquettes, has been fed into a biogas plant in Aarhus University, Denmark, in a test to see if higher gas yields could be attained. [9] The use of straw in large-scale biomass power plants is becoming mainstream in the EU, with several facilities already online ...

  7. Combine harvester - Wikipedia

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    In 1937, the Australian-born Thomas Carroll, working for Massey-Harris in Canada, perfected a self-propelled model and in 1940, a lighter-weight model began to be marketed widely by the company. [13] Lyle Yost invented an auger that would lift grain out of a combine in 1947, making unloading grain much easier and further from the combine. [ 14 ]

  8. Delta Junction, Alaska - Wikipedia

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    Construction and maintenance of the military facilities, mining, agriculture, tourism and their support industries form the backbone of the area economy. An Alaska Railroad spur from Fairbanks to Delta Junction has been proposed to transport material to the missile defense site. This could facilitate other types of industry in Delta Junction ...

  9. Bere (grain) - Wikipedia

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    Two-row barley and six-row bere Field of ready-to-harvest bere, with plots of other varieties still green. Photo taken in late August. Traditional beremeal bannock, as made in Orkney, Scotland Hordeum vulgare subsp. hexastichum - MHNT. Bere, pronounced "bear," is a six-row barley cultivated mainly on 5-15 hectares of land in Orkney, Scotland.