The state farms were semi-military in character.

那些国有农场从性质上讲是半军事的。

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There were a lot of state farms in Heilongjiang province.

黑龙江有许多国有农场。

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The notorious collective farms had been de facto converted to state farms.

臭名昭著的集 体农场实际已经变成了国有农场。

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It got its nickname, The Garden State, because New Jersey truck farms once provided vegetables to those big cities.

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Herds were privatised and the two-dozen huge state farms dissolved.

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Before the reforms, the state bought rice from state farms and co-operatives at 82 chon per kilo (100 chon make one won, worth less than a cent at the official exchange rate).

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Francis Ratnieks, a professor of apiculture at Sussex University who has worked on the state's almond farms, says the crop is so large and intensively grown these days that it has greatly surpassed the region's inherent ability to supply pollinators.

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