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DEPARTMENTS This Cercom series offers a number of porcelain variations on travertine (a top stone look this year) for floor and wall from slabs as large 48"x 110" to mosaics n three finishes and tones of ivory, cream, and gray. Among them, Lines (left), a 24"x 48" wall panel, is a refreshing twist on the real thing, with a linear tone-on-tone pattern and texture that can complement the rest of the collection or stand on its own. cercomceramiche.it Nuances Italgraniti enhanced its 2021 Nuances concrete-inspired porcelain slabs with three soft hues: Giada (jade), Rose (pink), and Luce (a light yellow). Iridea solids round out the collection. marcacorona.it Diamond Atlas Concorde partnered with Zaha Hadid Architects to develop the Diamond mosaic decor from its new Marvel Meraviglia porcelain slabs, a line inspired by Calacatta Meraviglia marble. [Extracted from the article]

Pakistan is a major producer of rice and cotton, and both crops have been damaged. Pakistan's widespread flooding has killed more than a thousand people and left millions homeless. Pakistan is a major wheat producer, primarily for domestic consumption, and a smaller upcoming crop could heighten the country's need for imports. [Extracted from the article]

Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (Reap) Chairman Chela Ram Kewlani told Dawn that the data compiled by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) did not show the basmati rice exports to Iran and Afghanistan. The stagnation in export proceeds, especially of basmati rice, is mainly because of several reasons particularly the under-invoicing of rice to Afghanistan and Iran under the barter trade system. [Extracted from the article]

It issued two major land reform laws, Land Reform Regulation 1972 (Martial Law Regulation - MLR 115) promulgated by Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, was designed to place ceilings on the agricultural holding of Pakistan's large landlords. The first attempts at land reform in Pakistan occurred under Ayub Khan's government, the West Pakistan Land Reforms Regulation 1959 (Regulation 64 of 1959). Agriculture is considered the backbone of Pakistan's economy, which relies heavily on its major crops. [Extracted from the article]

An interview with David Pinkerton, president of the company Agriimage, on the use of the firm's unmanned aerial system called drones by crop consultants in agricultural fields is presented. When asked about the utility of units for agriculture, he refers to wet spots, planting issues and insect damage. He mentions the deployment of water-tank fitted drones for banana and coconut trees in South America. He also comments on the use of the units in rice fields or over water.

Kortemeier's lyrical debut takes its title from the Japanese word for "do your best" and offers a travelogue of world historical sites. At times, it's hard to distinguish the poet's ready admissions of ignorance from reluctant claims of touristic innocence, which get her out of "having to explain what [she] does not understand." "When I speak, I transform", the poet admits, almost giddy with the poetical possibilities of mistaken idioms and mispronunciations, but ultimately opting against a more ethically oriented poetics of witness as she strives to live up to the goal set by the book's title. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on contingency planning for the management of destructive rice pest planthopper in Texas. It mentions it as a widespread problem and notes that a storm could have blown the pest from Mexico and caused damage in many rice fields across the south Texas rice production area in 2015.

The author discusses a drive into a farm country as an ideal way of celebrating the 2016 Earth Day, citing experiences such as looking for freshly plowed fields, catching farmers planting summer crops, and seeing machinery moving up and down rows.