Sunday, June 17, 2018

Food and Farming Photos June 17, 2018

This roundup of global food, farming, and agricultural photos appears every Sunday on Big Picture Agriculture.

U.S.A.
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Soybeans grow in a field on June 13, 2018 in Dwight, Illinois. The condition of U.S. corn and soybean crops in most regions is far outpacing last year's condition at this point in the season. Photo credit: Scott Olson / Getty Images.
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Farmer John Duffy loads soybeans from his grain bin onto a truck before taking them to a grain elevator on June 13, 2018 in Dwight, Illinois. U.S. soybean futures plunged today with renewed fears that China could hit U.S. soybeans with retaliatory tariffs if the Trump administration follows through with threatened tariffs on Chinese goods. Photo credit: Scott Olson / Getty Images.
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Traders and financial professionals work ahead of the closing bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), June 15, 2018 in New York City. On Friday, the Trump administration stated it will move ahead with tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese imports, prompting the Chinese government to announce retaliatory tariffs on $34 billion worth of American goods, including agriculture products. With trade war fears looming again, the Dow fell more than 280 points in the morning but bounced back to finish the day down 85 points. Photo credit: Drew Angerer / Getty Images.
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House made gelato at Cafe Julie's at the Broadmoor luxury resort June 13, 2018 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Photo credit: Denver Post / Joe Amon / Getty Images.

E.U.
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A herd of sheep passes by cafes in Aubervilliers, north of Paris, on June 13, 2018 as part of a cattle drive. Photo credit: AFP / STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / Getty Images.
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A man stores wool from freshly shorn sheep on June 9, 2018 during the 24 hours sheep shearing contest in Coulonges, western France. - Over the course of the 24-hour contest more than 2500 sheep are shorn by two teams of three shearers with an average of one sheep per miniute. Photo credit: AFP / GEORGES GOBET / Getty Images.
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Competitor Jalle Resneaud shears a sheep on June 9, 2018 during the 24 hours sheep shearing contest in Coulonges, western France. - Over the course of the 24-hour contest more than 2500 sheep are shorn by two teams of three shearers with an average of one sheep per miniute. Photo credit: AFP / GEORGES GOBET / Getty Images.
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Farmers block access to the Vatry refinery on June 11, 2018 in the French department of Marne, during a demonstration called by the FNSEA farmers' union to protest plans to import palm oil for use in biofuels, a move farmers denounce as unfair competition which jeopardises their livelihood. - French rapeseed and sunflower growers, who say they will lose out due to energy giant Total's imports, accuse foreign palm oil producers of failing to respect the regulatory requirements European producers must follow. Farmers parked tractors in front of 13 refineries gates across the country while dumping piles of haystacks, dirt, manure and potatoes. Photo credit: AFP / FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI / Getty Images.
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An employee pours wine into a barrel as he prepares samples in the wine cellar of Chateau Margaux on June 11, 2018 in Margaux, near Bordeaux, western France. - Chateau Margaux is one of the « first Grand Cru Classe » according to an official classification of 1855 Bordeaux Wines. Photo credit: AFP / GEORGES GOBET / Getty Images.
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The gardener Roswitha Domine carrying a leaf of the giant water lily Victoria in the Victoria House at the botanical garden in Berlin. The greehnouse is being reopened at the weekend after extensive restoration work. Photo credit: Jens Kalaene / dpa picture alliance / Getty Images.

URUGUAY
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Uruguayan farmers and truck drivers demonstrate against insecurity and taxes, along route 1 in Rafael Perazza, west of Montevideo, on June 11, 2018. - Uruguay's agriculture sector is demanding tax relief as part of a conflict with the government that has been dragging for several months. Photo credit: AFP / MIGUEL ROJO / Getty Images.

GAZA
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A Palestinian man collects apple during harvest season at a farm in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on June 11, 2018. Photo credit: NurPhoto / Getty Images.

NORTH KOREA
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Rizière près de Pyongyang, en Corée du Nord, le 10 juin 2018. Photo credit: Gamma-Rapho / AYAKA / Getty Images.

INDIA
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In this picture taken on June 13, 2018, Indian workers prepare maize for drying at grain market in Jalandhar. Photo credit: AFP / SHAMMI MEHRA / Getty Images.
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Farmers shout slogans during a protest against Punjab state government for the recent rise in electricity tariffs outside the Punjab state power corporation limited office, in Amritsar on June 14, 2018. - Farmers demand for 8-hour uninterrupted power supply for agriculture so that they could sow paddy easily. Photo credit: AFP / NARINDER NANU / Getty Images.
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Indian farmer ploughs his field with a tractor in the outskirts of Amritsar on June 12, 2018. Photo credit: AFP / NARINDER NANU / Getty Images.

UKRAINE
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Agricultural machinery on the field near Ternopil, Ukraine on 16 June 2018. Photo credit: NurPhoto / Getty Images.
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Fields are planted with grain crops near Ternopil, Ukraine on 16 June 2018. Photo credit: NurPhoto / Getty Images.

FROM HERE IN THE BOULDER BUBBLE (AN INTOLERABLY HOT IRON MAN)
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A general view of competitors swimming in the Boulder Reservoir during the IRONMAN Boulder on June 10, 2018 in Boulder, Colorado. Photo credit: Donald Miralle / Getty Images.
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Kirsty Jahn of Canada bikes past a field of cows during the IRONMAN Boulder on June 10, 2018 in Boulder, Colorado. Photo credit: Donald Miralle / Getty Images.