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Sunday, August 26, 2018

Global Food and Agriculture Photos August 26, 2018

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

U.S.A.
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Turbines in the Fowler Ridge Wind Farm stand in the distance as an agricultural analyst walks between corn fields during a stop on the Midwest Crop Tour in this aerial photograph near Kentland, Indiana, U.S., on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. Sodden corn and soy fields found Tuesday on an annual U.S. crop survey confirmed the evidence of good growing conditions in Midwest farms -- and that the 2018 harvest is living up to government expectations. Photo credit: Daniel Acker / Bloomberg / Getty Images.
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An ear of corn displaying tip back, a sign of stress after pollination, is measured during a stop on the Midwest Crop Tour in Kentland, Indiana, U.S., on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. Photo credit: Daniel Acker / Bloomberg / Getty Images.

E.U.
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Shepherdess Ute Svensson walks through a narrow passage with sheep during herding by the Baden-Württemberg State Sheep Breeders' Association in Markgröningen. Performance herding is part of the Markgröninger Schäferlauf. Photo credit: Sebastian Gollnow / dpa / Getty Images.
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Workers collect salt crystals on August 22, 2018 at Aigues-Mortes where the salt pans cover 10,000 hectares. - After harvesting the 'fleur de sel', a hand-harvested sea salt, they must wait until September to harvest the salt which is used as table salt. Fleur de sel is one of most expensive salts in the world. (France) Photo credit: AFP / PASCAL GUYOT / Getty Images.
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Farmer Philipp Huetsch (30), who is also a teacher at a university of applied sciences for agriculture, harvests the ripe elderberries on his field on the outskirts of Maberzell. The small, black fruits are pressed and processed as an additive to an organic lemonade, which is produced in Ostheim in the Bavarian part of the Rhön. Photo credit: Frank Rumpenhorst / dpa / Getty Images.
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A farmer harvests a corn field with a silage-cutter, on August 22, 2018, in Louplande, northwestern France. - The maize silage crop is more precocious by one month, due to the heatwave in August, for non-irrigating farmers. Photo credit: AFP / JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER / Getty Images.

TURKEY
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An aerial view of beehives at a high altitude plain in Mus province of Turkey on August 21, 2018. Photo credit: Anadolu Agency / Getty Images.
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An aerial view of a plantation worker raking hazelnuts spread on a floor to dry in the sun until the husks turn a crisp brown in Akcakoca district of Duzce, Turkey on August 20, 2018. Photo credit: Anadolu Agency / Getty Images.

LATIN AMERICA
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An indigenous woman weighs coca leaves at the coca market in La Paz on August 23, 2018. - Coca cultivation in Bolivia grew 6% last year compared to 2016, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Photo credit: AFP / AIZAR RALDES / Getty Images.

BHUTAN
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Bhutanese farmers work in a field on the outskirts of Thimphu on August 22, 2018. Photo credit: AFP / ARUN SANKAR / Getty Images.

INDIA
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Indian farmers work in an agriculture field next to apartment blocks on the outskirts of Ahmedabad on August 24, 2018. Photo credit: AFP / SAM PANTHAKY / Getty Images.

SOMALILAND
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A man inspects animals at the livestock market in Hargeisa, Somaliland, on August 18, 2018. Photo credit: AFP / EDUARDO SOTERAS / Getty Images.