He said the farmer was growing his own poppies, on 7.5 acres.

Only 300 cases were produced, from a mere 1.3 tons of grapes grown on 1.5 acres.

The parsnips are grown on 1,400 acres of rented land because of the rotation system - you have to leave eight years between each crop.

The first crop I grew, on six acres, they were big ugly things, looked like sugar beet, but they tasted lovely.

Today, crops are growing on close to 600 acres, and the Palestinians hope to plant on another 200 acres next month.

A farmer who grew potatoes on 500 acres - a typical acreage here - stands to lose a half-million dollars.

Last year, Mr. Yang said, he grew a healthy crop of strawberries on four acres.

And the food that we grow on 200 million acres of harvested cropland is inedible.

They started slowly, taking classes, growing "high-end crops" like yellow pear tomatoes and zucchini flowers on four acres.

Potatoes became an important part of the national diet, grown on 40,000 acres in 1795 and 142,000 in 1851 (Salaman 1989).