In Chen's village of Nongmei in Guangxi, the land this year is too dry for spring planting.
The Lithuanians are especially in need of fuel for tractors and other mechanized farm equipment needed for the crucial spring planting.
In hamlets all along the DMZ, soldiers were knee-deep in mud and water as they helped farmers with the spring planting.
Beyond the barbed wire, ruddy-faced North Korean soldiers put down their rifles Wednesday and stood shoulder to shoulder with farmers as they turned their focus to another battle: the spring planting.
Now he faces a difficult decision of whether to risk further funds by planting spring crops in the fields that remain under snow.
The cool, wet spring in the Midwest delayed planting of the corn and soybean crops and that means pollination of these two crops is happening later in the summer.
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Mr. Taylor, for instance, will have to postpone planting some soybeans this spring until after the wheat is harvested, and that delay could cut into production.
So this spring, as is the case every spring, global warming is allowing earlier planting seasons, spurring higher crop production, assisting forests, shrinking deserts, and reducing drought.
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Jeff Scates, a farmer in Southern Illinois, said about 75% of his family's farm was underwater last spring, and he didn't finish planting his corn crop until early June.
Scores of people were armed on a cold spring day with shovels, not guns, and were busy planting trees as part of a forestation campaign.
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