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surplus grain

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meanings of surplusand grain


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surplus
noun[C or U]
adjective
uk /ˈsɜː.pləs/ us /ˈsɝː.pləs/
(an amount that is) more than ...
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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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Examples of surplus grain


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The provincial governments, under central government's order, had to partly subsidize the export of surplusgrain to deficit provinces.
A production bonus scheme was reintroduced as an incentive to those states contributing a significant part of their surplusgrain to the central government.
Examining markets for their surplusgrain.
The crucial question is: will such an apparently modest institutional price reduction have any effect upon the build-up of surplusgrain stocks?
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They then make the reasonable equation that some of the surplusgrain could be used to relieve the suffering and deaths that they have witnessed.
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He stored up the surplusgrain in the fat years against the scarcity of the lean years.
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Now we have surpluses, including about 3·8 million tonnes of surplusgrain.
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Then there is a cereal deficiency payment, which is about £6 on 36 acres, amounting to £216, and the sale of surplusgrain, which you usually have, £378.
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Instead, we should denature our surplusgrain and sell it to our livestock farmers at export prices to help them and benefit the consumer.
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Even today, many farmers' wives still keep poultry, but not in the old-fashioned way with a few hens scratching around and being given some surplusgrain.
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More and more of that so-called surplusgrain of which we are already reading continuer, therefore, to be demanded for the feeding of their own livestock.
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There were no significant markets, as any surplusgrain not stored would be bartered for livestock or passed to dependents.
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Neolithic man constructed large ceramic containers and silos to store surplusgrain.
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The government relied on taxed grain to fund its military campaigns and stored surplusgrain to mitigate widespread famine during times of poor harvest.
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These substances provide the producers of surplusgrain and grapes with three convenient groups of captive consumers who must be supplied with expensive alcohol of agricultural origin.
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Our neighbours are suffering from hunger, so why don't we distribute our surplusgrain to our fellow townsfolk?
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The tax was resisted by farmers in the western frontier regions who were long accustomed to distilling their surplusgrain and corn into whiskey.
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The board would help farmers stabilize prices by holding surplusgrain and cotton in storage.
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This heavy concentration of surplus grains in the northwestern part of the country means that movements of grain between states are necessary to meet grain requirements in deficit states.
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