The "Shockers" mascot is short for "Wheatshockers" and recalls when students shocked wheat to earn money during the harvest season, according to the school's web site.
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It is busy season right now where we need to plant rice and harvest rapeseed oil vegetables and wheat. We don't have an ox at home, and I want to buy one to help out with my work in the farms.
目前正是农村栽种水稻、抢收油菜和小麦的大忙季节,家中没有缺牛,想购买一头耕牛来自用和帮工时使用,这样可以增加收入,也减轻我们的劳作强度。
But the harvest season in the northern hemisphere is being marked by turmoil on global wheat markets.
不过北半球收获季节正在遭遇全球小麦市场动荡。
Accurate forecast of wheat harvest period is the premise to obtain uttermost crop yields. The phonological sequentiality and synchronization could be applied to forecast the growing season of crops.
可靠准确的小麦收获期预报是适时收获、最大限度获取产量的前提,物候现象出现的顺序性和同步性,可用来预测作物生长期。

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