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Sunday, October 21, 2018

Global Food and Agriculture Photos October 21, 2018

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

U.S.A.
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Farmer Mark Catterton drives a John Deere Harvester while harvesting soybeans during his fall harvest on October 19, 2018 in Owings, Maryland. The majority of Maryland's soybean crop is sold to the state's chicken industry on the eastern shore. Photo credit: Mark Wilson / Getty Images.

CANADA
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Grow technicians bring plants into the propagation and mothering room at the CannTrust Holdings Inc. cannabis production facility in Fenwick, Ontario, Canada, on Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. Canada, which has allowed medical marijuana for almost two decades, legalizes the drug for recreational use on Oct. 17, joining Uruguay as one of two countries without restrictions on pot and putting the country at the forefront of what could be a $150 billion-plus global market when others follow. Photo credit: Galit Rodan / Bloomberg / Getty Images.

CUBA
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Cuban workers label cans with guava jelly in the canning factory Los Atrevidos(The Daring Ones), on October 17, 2018, in Remedios, in the province of Villa Clara, Cuba. The factory produces canned products made of fruits and vegetables. The city of Remedios in Central Cuba, has long been known for its parrandas, fireworks and carnival every December 24 and is now turning more and more into a tourist destination as being close to the keys with luxury hotels on Cubas north coast. Photo credit: Sven Creutzmann / Mambo photo / Getty Images.
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A Cuban worker carries a bucket of milk after milking a cow, on October 16, 2018, in Santa Clara, Cuba. The land of the farm is state owned but managed by private farmers organized in a cooperative that deliver mainly to the state run agriculture enterprise Valle del Yabu. The city of Santa Clara, some 280 km east of the capital Havana, is known for the Che Guevara monument, where the remains of the guerilla fighters are resting. Photo credit: Sven Creutzmann / Mambo photo / Getty Images.
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Cuban workers take a snack break from their work at a banana plantation, on October 16, 2018, in Santa Clara, Cuba. The plantation belongs to the state run agriculture enterprise Valle del Yabu. The city of Santa Clara, some 280 km east of the capital Havana, is known for the Che Guevara monument, where the remains of the guerilla fighters are resting. Photo credit: Sven Creutzmann / Mambo photo / Getty Images.

E.U.
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Countryside Live Show Takes Place At The Great Yorkshire Showground. A Lincolnshire Longwool sheep is tethered to its pen on the first day of the Countryside Live Weekend event at the Great Yorkshire Showground on October 20, 2018 in Harrogate, England. Countryside Live is an annual celebration of food and farming and is organised by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society. It offers competitions in various classes through the weekend including horses, pigs, pigeons, rabbits, sheep and cattle as well as hosting cooking theatres, live performances and horticultural classes. Photo credit: Ian Forsyth / Getty Images.
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Harvesters lift a box full of Nebbiolo grapes to empty into a container, which are used to make Barolo wine, during the harvest in the Langhe countryside in Barolo, near Alba, northwestern Italy on October 18, 2018. Photo credit: MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP / Getty Images.
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Cows are pictured in a farm on October 19, 2018 in Fromelles, near Lille, northern France. Photo credit: DENIS CHARLET / AFP / Getty Images.
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Largest wine harvest on the Moselle (Germany) in 16 years. 19 October 2018, Rhineland-Palatinate, Kinheim: The leaves of the harvested vineyards on the Moselle shimmer in yellow-green colours. The local winegrowers are delighted with the largest harvest in 16 years and top quality, said a spokesman for the Mosel wine association at today's balance sheet press conference in Pünderich. Photo credit: Harald Tittel / dpa picture alliance / Getty Images.
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19 October 2018, Lower Saxony, Lüneburg: A freshly shot wild boar hangs from a tractor after the hunt. Wild boars had walked through Ochtmissen during the day and had ploughed over playgrounds and front gardens there, as a spokeswoman of the city informed. Photo credit: Philipp Schulze / dpa picture alliance / Getty Images.

CHILE
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A man eats a hot dog at a fast food stand in downtown Santiago, on October 16, 2018. - The nutritional prospect of the Chilean population is 'critical' due to its high levels of obesity and the increase in undernourishment, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Tuesday, as part of the World Food Day. Photo credit: Martin BERNETTI / AFP / Getty Images.

INDONESIA
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A kid play with pigeons near a vegetable field in Jakarta, Indonesia on Wednesday, October 17, 2018. Photo credit: Andrew Lotulung / NurPhoto / Getty Images.

BHUTAN
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Bhutanese farmers work in a paddy field on the outskirts of Thimpu on October 17, 2018. Photo credit: DIPTENDU DUTTA / AFP / Getty Images.

BELARUS
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An aerial view shows workers as they harvest cranberries at the 'Polesskie Zhuraviny' state farm in the village of Selishche, some 300 km south of Minsk on October 19, 2018. Photo credit: MAXIM MALINOVSKY / AFP / Getty Images.
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Belarus' tractor drivers harvest cranberries at the 'Polesskie Zhuraviny' state farm in the village of Selishche, some 300 km south of Minsk on October 19, 2018. Photo credit: MAXIM MALINOVSKY / AFP / Getty Images.

NEPAL
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55yrs old, Asha Kumari Kawan separates rice grains from the glumes, or husks using a traditional winnowing method at Bhaktapur, Nepal on Friday, October 19, 2018. Agriculture remains as important economic activity for the landlocked country, with wheat and rice being the main food crops. Photo credit: Narayan Maharjan / NurPhoto / Getty Images.

CHINA
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Members of the local communities awaiting for cyclists in a rice field near the final part of fourth stage, 152.2km from Nanning to Nongla Scenic Area, of the 2nd Cycling Tour de Guangxi 2018. On Friday, October 19. Photo credit: Artur Widak / NurPhoto / Getty Images.
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This photo taken on October 16, 2018 shows a man collecting eggs in a farm in Danzhai in China's southwestern Guizhou province. - China's growth downshifted in the third quarter as investment slowed and the widening trade conflict with the United States weighed on sentiment, according to analysts surveyed by AFP. Photo credit: STR / AFP / Getty Images.