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Integrated Protection And Restoration Project of Forest And Grassland Wetland

ZHANGYE, CHINA - JULY 15, 2025 - Professional technicians in forestry and grassland led herdsmen to inspect pest control, weed management, foliar spraying, and sowing of grass seeds at the site of the integrated protection and restoration project of forestry and grassland wetland. Zhangye City, Gansu Province, China on July 15, 2025.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. D-backs

Pest control company employee Matt Hilton (L) arrives at Chase Field to remove a buzzing bee colony that formed on the top of the protective netting behind home plate at the ballpark, delaying the first pitch of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks for about two hours on April 30, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. D-backs

Pest control company employee Matt Hilton (L) in his beekeeper suit waves to the crowd before throwing the ceremonial first pitch ahead of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 30, 2024. He received a standing ovation for removing a buzzing bee colony on the top of the protective netting behind home plate at the ballpark that delayed the game's first pitch for about two hours.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. D-backs

Pest control company employee Matt Hilton sprays a swarm of bees that had congregated on the top of the protective netting behind home plate at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, ahead of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks on April 30, 2024. The game's first pitch was delayed about two hours.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. D-backs

Pest control company employee Matt Hilton throws the ceremonial first pitch ahead of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 30, 2024. He received a standing ovation for removing a buzzing bee colony on the top of the protective netting behind home plate at the ballpark that had delayed the game's first pitch about two hours.

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Pests And Diseases Prevention in Chengde

CHENGDE, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 - In a pine forest, a pest control and quarantine station staff hang fog drop test cards in a pine caterpillar aeroplane spray control area in Mengjiayan Township, Chengde city, Hebei province, China, September 21, 2023.

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Agricultural technicians in China's Hebei help farmers reduce grain losses

STORY: Agricultural technicians in China's Hebei help farmers reduce grain losses DATELINE: Aug. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: SHIJIAZHUANG, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of farmlands 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIU ZHONGBO, Vegetable farmer in Yongqing County STORYLINE: Langfang City in north China's Hebei Province has organized agricultural technicians to help farmers reduce losses caused by heavy rains and floods. Due to the impact of Typhoon Doksuri, torrential rains battered Beijing and its surrounding regions, causing anomalous floods in several districts of the capital city and several localities in Hebei Province in the past few days. In Gu'an County, agricultural technicians teach corn farmers to prevent and control pest infestations in order to improve quality and increase yield. Yongqing County has sent eight technical guidance groups to check crop damages and help vegetable farmers resume production as soon as possible. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIU ZHONGBO, Vegetable farmer

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Drone Intelligent Agriculture in China

CHONGQING, CHINA - JUNE 20, 2023 - Farmers use a plant protection drone to "kill insects" for rice in Chongqing, China, June 20, 2023. It is reported that a plant protection drone can operate more than 300 acres per day, which is about 50 times more efficient than farmers' traditional disease prevention and pest control.

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Drone Intelligent Agriculture in China

CHONGQING, CHINA - JUNE 20, 2023 - Farmers use a plant protection drone to "kill insects" for rice in Chongqing, China, June 20, 2023. It is reported that a plant protection drone can operate more than 300 acres per day, which is about 50 times more efficient than farmers' traditional disease prevention and pest control.

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Drone Intelligent Agriculture in China

CHONGQING, CHINA - JUNE 20, 2023 - Farmers use a plant protection drone to "kill insects" for rice in Chongqing, China, June 20, 2023. It is reported that a plant protection drone can operate more than 300 acres per day, which is about 50 times more efficient than farmers' traditional disease prevention and pest control.

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Drone Intelligent Agriculture in China

CHONGQING, CHINA - JUNE 20, 2023 - Farmers use a plant protection drone to "kill insects" for rice in Chongqing, China, June 20, 2023. It is reported that a plant protection drone can operate more than 300 acres per day, which is about 50 times more efficient than farmers' traditional disease prevention and pest control.

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Drone Intelligent Agriculture in China

CHONGQING, CHINA - JUNE 20, 2023 - Farmers use a plant protection drone to "kill insects" for rice in Chongqing, China, June 20, 2023. It is reported that a plant protection drone can operate more than 300 acres per day, which is about 50 times more efficient than farmers' traditional disease prevention and pest control.

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Drone Intelligent Agriculture in China

CHONGQING, CHINA - JUNE 20, 2023 - Farmers use a plant protection drone to "kill insects" for rice in Chongqing, China, June 20, 2023. It is reported that a plant protection drone can operate more than 300 acres per day, which is about 50 times more efficient than farmers' traditional disease prevention and pest control.

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Drone Intelligent Agriculture in China

CHONGQING, CHINA - JUNE 20, 2023 - Farmers use a plant protection drone to "kill insects" for rice in Chongqing, China, June 20, 2023. It is reported that a plant protection drone can operate more than 300 acres per day, which is about 50 times more efficient than farmers' traditional disease prevention and pest control.

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Drone Intelligent Agriculture in China

CHONGQING, CHINA - JUNE 20, 2023 - Farmers use a plant protection drone to "kill insects" for rice in Chongqing, China, June 20, 2023. It is reported that a plant protection drone can operate more than 300 acres per day, which is about 50 times more efficient than farmers' traditional disease prevention and pest control.

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Drone Intelligent Agriculture in China

CHONGQING, CHINA - JUNE 20, 2023 - Farmers use a plant protection drone to "kill insects" for rice in Chongqing, China, June 20, 2023. It is reported that a plant protection drone can operate more than 300 acres per day, which is about 50 times more efficient than farmers' traditional disease prevention and pest control.

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Drone Intelligent Agriculture in China

CHONGQING, CHINA - JUNE 20, 2023 - Farmers use a plant protection drone to "kill insects" for rice in Chongqing, China, June 20, 2023. It is reported that a plant protection drone can operate more than 300 acres per day, which is about 50 times more efficient than farmers' traditional disease prevention and pest control.

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Drone Intelligent Agriculture in China

CHONGQING, CHINA - JUNE 20, 2023 - Farmers use a plant protection drone to "kill insects" for rice in Chongqing, China, June 20, 2023. It is reported that a plant protection drone can operate more than 300 acres per day, which is about 50 times more efficient than farmers' traditional disease prevention and pest control.

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Drone Intelligent Agriculture in China

CHONGQING, CHINA - JUNE 20, 2023 - Farmers use a plant protection drone to "kill insects" for rice in Chongqing, China, June 20, 2023. It is reported that a plant protection drone can operate more than 300 acres per day, which is about 50 times more efficient than farmers' traditional disease prevention and pest control.

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Researchers adopt pest control technology to promote green agriculture in SW China

STORY: Researchers adopt pest control technology to promote green agriculture in SW China DATELINE: Dec. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:35 LOCATION: GUIYANG, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG CHANGRONG, Researcher, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences 3. various of College of Tobacco Science, Guizhou University 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YANG MAOFA, Dean of College of Tobacco Science, Guizhou University STORYLINE: Experts in southwest China's Guizhou Province are adopting a kind of biological pest control technology to promote green agriculture. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG CHANGRONG, Researcher, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences "With the intensive development of agriculture, a single type of crop is planted in a large area, which could lead to serious problems of diseases and pests. The use of chemical pesticides has caused many problems. The pests could develop resistance to pesticides, and the pesticide residues c

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3 die in controlled burn in Shizuoka Pref.

SHIZUOKA, Japan - A controlled burn takes place at a Ground Self-Defense Force training field in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 20, 2010. Three people died in the burn, which is conducted annually for pest control.

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HARBIN-INTELLECTUAL AGRICULTURE-PADDY RICE (CN)

(220904) -- HARBIN, Sept. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member operates at the modern agricultural information service center of a paddy rice technology demonstration park in Fujin City of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Sept. 2, 2022. Cutting-edge information technologies including the Internet-of-Things and cloud-computing have been adopted for breeding management, water-saving irrigation, weather monitoring, grain growth tracking, as well as pest and weed control at the demonstration park to improve both quantity and quality of rice produce. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HARBIN-INTELLECTUAL AGRICULTURE-PADDY RICE (CN)

(220904) -- HARBIN, Sept. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 2, 2022 shows some electric devices deployed in a paddy rice technology demonstration park in Fujin City of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Cutting-edge information technologies including the Internet-of-Things and cloud-computing have been adopted for breeding management, water-saving irrigation, weather monitoring, grain growth tracking, as well as pest and weed control at the demonstration park to improve both quantity and quality of rice produce. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HARBIN-INTELLECTUAL AGRICULTURE-PADDY RICE (CN)

(220904) -- HARBIN, Sept. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 2, 2022 shows a number of weather monitoring devices in a paddy rice technology demonstration park in Fujin City of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Cutting-edge information technologies including the Internet-of-Things and cloud-computing have been adopted for breeding management, water-saving irrigation, weather monitoring, grain growth tracking, as well as pest and weed control at the demonstration park to improve both quantity and quality of rice produce. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HARBIN-INTELLECTUAL AGRICULTURE-PADDY RICE (CN)

(220904) -- HARBIN, Sept. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Sept. 2, 2022 shows an art creation made up of living plants of different colors in a paddy rice technology demonstration park in Fujin City of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Cutting-edge information technologies including the Internet-of-Things and cloud-computing have been adopted for breeding management, water-saving irrigation, weather monitoring, grain growth tracking, as well as pest and weed control at the demonstration park to improve both quantity and quality of rice produce. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HARBIN-INTELLECTUAL AGRICULTURE-PADDY RICE (CN)

(220904) -- HARBIN, Sept. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 2, 2022 shows an art creation made up of living plants of different colors in a paddy rice technology demonstration park in Fujin City of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Cutting-edge information technologies including the Internet-of-Things and cloud-computing have been adopted for breeding management, water-saving irrigation, weather monitoring, grain growth tracking, as well as pest and weed control at the demonstration park to improve both quantity and quality of rice produce. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HARBIN-INTELLECTUAL AGRICULTURE-PADDY RICE (CN)

(220904) -- HARBIN, Sept. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 2, 2022 shows a pest-control device in a paddy rice technology demonstration park in Fujin City of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Cutting-edge information technologies including the Internet-of-Things and cloud-computing have been adopted for breeding management, water-saving irrigation, weather monitoring, grain growth tracking, as well as pest and weed control at the demonstration park to improve both quantity and quality of rice produce. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HARBIN-INTELLECTUAL AGRICULTURE-PADDY RICE (CN)

(220904) -- HARBIN, Sept. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 2, 2022 shows a field with water-saving and reduced-draining technologies in a paddy rice technology demonstration park in Fujin City of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Cutting-edge information technologies including the Internet-of-Things and cloud-computing have been adopted for breeding management, water-saving irrigation, weather monitoring, grain growth tracking, as well as pest and weed control at the demonstration park to improve both quantity and quality of rice produce. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HARBIN-INTELLECTUAL AGRICULTURE-PADDY RICE (CN)

(220904) -- HARBIN, Sept. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 2, 2022 shows a weather monitoring device in a paddy rice technology demonstration park in Fujin City of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Cutting-edge information technologies including the Internet-of-Things and cloud-computing have been adopted for breeding management, water-saving irrigation, weather monitoring, grain growth tracking, as well as pest and weed control at the demonstration park to improve both quantity and quality of rice produce. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HARBIN-INTELLECTUAL AGRICULTURE-PADDY RICE (CN)

(220904) -- HARBIN, Sept. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member patrols green houses in a paddy rice technology demonstration park in Fujin City of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Sept. 2, 2022. Cutting-edge information technologies including the Internet-of-Things and cloud-computing have been adopted for breeding management, water-saving irrigation, weather monitoring, grain growth tracking, as well as pest and weed control at the demonstration park to improve both quantity and quality of rice produce. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HARBIN-INTELLECTUAL AGRICULTURE-PADDY RICE (CN)

(220904) -- HARBIN, Sept. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 2, 2022 shows an art creation made up of living plants of different colors in a paddy rice technology demonstration park in Fujin City of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Cutting-edge information technologies including the Internet-of-Things and cloud-computing have been adopted for breeding management, water-saving irrigation, weather monitoring, grain growth tracking, as well as pest and weed control at the demonstration park to improve both quantity and quality of rice produce. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HARBIN-INTELLECTUAL AGRICULTURE-PADDY RICE (CN)

(220904) -- HARBIN, Sept. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member gives a briefing at the modern agricultural information service center of a paddy rice technology demonstration park in Fujin City of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Sept. 2, 2022. Cutting-edge information technologies including the Internet-of-Things and cloud-computing have been adopted for breeding management, water-saving irrigation, weather monitoring, grain growth tracking, as well as pest and weed control at the demonstration park to improve both quantity and quality of rice produce. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HARBIN-INTELLECTUAL AGRICULTURE-PADDY RICE (CN)

(220904) -- HARBIN, Sept. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 2, 2022 shows the modern agricultural information service center of a paddy rice technology demonstration park in Fujin City of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Cutting-edge information technologies including the Internet-of-Things and cloud-computing have been adopted for breeding management, water-saving irrigation, weather monitoring, grain growth tracking, as well as pest and weed control at the demonstration park to improve both quantity and quality of rice produce. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HARBIN-INTELLECTUAL AGRICULTURE-PADDY RICE (CN)

(220904) -- HARBIN, Sept. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Sept. 2, 2022 shows an irrigation volume experiment zone in a paddy rice technology demonstration park in Fujin City of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Cutting-edge information technologies including the Internet-of-Things and cloud-computing have been adopted for breeding management, water-saving irrigation, weather monitoring, grain growth tracking, as well as pest and weed control at the demonstration park to improve both quantity and quality of rice produce. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

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Drones help farmers with crop management in central China

STORY: Drones help farmers with crop management in central China DATELINE: Sept. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:42 LOCATION: ZHENGZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of drones working in the farm 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHANG XIANZHI, Manager of a local agricultural cooperative 3. various of drones working in the farm STORYLINE: A drone fleet is transforming the way farmers manage their crops in Anyang, central China's Henan Province. During this key growing period for autumn grains, the drones have greatly improved the efficiency in spraying pesticides. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHANG XIANZHI, Manager of a local agricultural cooperative "A drone can complete the spraying work on 700 to 800 mu (47 or 53 hectares) of land a day. It'll only take one and a half days for two drones to spray all our land. If there are three drones, the work will be done in one day." The drones belong to a recently established pest control team. The team, equipped with 30 vehicles, over 200 drones (sets) and over 300 operato

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Palestinian farmers fear losing prickly pear fruits due to cochineal insects in West Bank

STORY: Palestinian farmers fear losing prickly pear fruits due to cochineal insects in West Bank DATELINE: July 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:49 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the prickly pear 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SHADY SALEH, Director of pest control department in General Administration of the West Bank Plant Agency 3. shots of Palestinian farmers checking crops 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MUAYYAD ABBAS, Local farmer from Faqqu'a town 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): ABDEL QADIR NASSAR, Village council member STORYLINE: For the second year in a row, Muayyad Abbas, a local Palestinian farmer from Faqqu'a town, northeast of Jenin, fears he might be losing the prickly pear harvest season, due to the outbreak of the "cochineal bug" that is killing his produce. The 47-year-old father of three told Xinhua that he used to rely on the profits he earns from selling those fruits that he has been growing on his four-dunum land. It is meant to be his main income during the summer season. In th

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CHINA-ANHUI-UNMANNED FARMING (CN)

(220211) -- BOZHOU, Feb. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A worker starts the automatic irrigation and fertilization system at an "unmanned farm" in Zhaoqiao Town of Bozhou City, east China's Anhui Province, Feb. 11, 2022. Recently, a newly-built "unmanned farm" in Bozhou ushered in its first spring farming production season. The farm is equipped with more than 20 plant protection drones, one unmanned harvester, and one unmanned seeder, as well as intelligent systems for irrigation, fertilization, and pest control. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)

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CHINA-ANHUI-UNMANNED FARMING (CN)

(220211) -- BOZHOU, Feb. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Drones are used to spray herbicide at an "unmanned farm" in Zhaoqiao Town of Bozhou City, east China's Anhui Province, Feb. 11, 2022. Recently, a newly-built "unmanned farm" in Bozhou ushered in its first spring farming production season. The farm is equipped with more than 20 plant protection drones, one unmanned harvester, and one unmanned seeder, as well as intelligent systems for irrigation, fertilization, and pest control. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)

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CHINA-ANHUI-UNMANNED FARMING (CN)

(220211) -- BOZHOU, Feb. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A worker uses a mobile phone to check the condition of water and fertilizer in the fields at an "unmanned farm" in Zhaoqiao Town of Bozhou City, east China's Anhui Province, Feb. 11, 2022. Recently, a newly-built "unmanned farm" in Bozhou ushered in its first spring farming production season. The farm is equipped with more than 20 plant protection drones, one unmanned harvester, and one unmanned seeder, as well as intelligent systems for irrigation, fertilization, and pest control. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)

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CHINA-ANHUI-UNMANNED FARMING (CN)

(220211) -- BOZHOU, Feb. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Drones are used to spray herbicide at an "unmanned farm" in Zhaoqiao Town of Bozhou City, east China's Anhui Province, Feb. 11, 2022. Recently, a newly-built "unmanned farm" in Bozhou ushered in its first spring farming production season. The farm is equipped with more than 20 plant protection drones, one unmanned harvester, and one unmanned seeder, as well as intelligent systems for irrigation, fertilization, and pest control. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)

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CHINA-ANHUI-UNMANNED FARMING (CN)

(220211) -- BOZHOU, Feb. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A worker adds herbicide into drones at an "unmanned farm" in Zhaoqiao Town of Bozhou City, east China's Anhui Province, Feb. 11, 2022. Recently, a newly-built "unmanned farm" in Bozhou ushered in its first spring farming production season. The farm is equipped with more than 20 plant protection drones, one unmanned harvester, and one unmanned seeder, as well as intelligent systems for irrigation, fertilization, and pest control. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)

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CHINA-ANHUI-UNMANNED FARMING (CN)

(220211) -- BOZHOU, Feb. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- The automatic irrigation and fertilization system is seen operating in the fields at an "unmanned farm" in Zhaoqiao Town of Bozhou City, east China's Anhui Province, Feb. 11, 2022. Recently, a newly-built "unmanned farm" in Bozhou ushered in its first spring farming production season. The farm is equipped with more than 20 plant protection drones, one unmanned harvester, and one unmanned seeder, as well as intelligent systems for irrigation, fertilization, and pest control. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)

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CHINA-ANHUI-UNMANNED FARMING (CN)

(220211) -- BOZHOU, Feb. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A worker monitors the condition of the fields with intelligent systems at an "unmanned farm" in Zhaoqiao Town of Bozhou City, east China's Anhui Province, Feb. 11, 2022. Recently, a newly-built "unmanned farm" in Bozhou ushered in its first spring farming production season. The farm is equipped with more than 20 plant protection drones, one unmanned harvester, and one unmanned seeder, as well as intelligent systems for irrigation, fertilization, and pest control. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)

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#CHINA-ANHUI-UNMANNED FARMING (CN)

(220211) -- BOZHOU, Feb. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Feb. 11, 2022 shows drones spraying herbicide at an "unmanned farm" in Zhaoqiao Town of Bozhou City, east China's Anhui Province. Recently, a newly-built "unmanned farm" in Bozhou ushered in its first spring farming production season. The farm is equipped with more than 20 plant protection drones, one unmanned harvester, and one unmanned seeder, as well as intelligent systems for irrigation, fertilization, and pest control. (Photo by Liu Qinli/Xinhua)

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#CHINA-ANHUI-UNMANNED FARMING (CN)

(220211) -- BOZHOU, Feb. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Feb. 11, 2022 shows the automatic irrigation and fertilization system operating at an "unmanned farm" in Zhaoqiao Town of Bozhou City, east China's Anhui Province. Recently, a newly-built "unmanned farm" in Bozhou ushered in its first spring farming production season. The farm is equipped with more than 20 plant protection drones, one unmanned harvester, and one unmanned seeder, as well as intelligent systems for irrigation, fertilization, and pest control. (Photo by Liu Qinli/Xinhua)

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Over The Hedge (2006)

Ozzie & The Verminator Characters: Ozzie & Film: Over The Hedge (USA 2006) Director: Tim Johnson & Karey Kirkpatrick 22 April 2006 Date: 22 April 2006

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3 die in controlled burn in Shizuoka Pref.

SHIZUOKA, Japan - A controlled burn takes place at a Ground Self-Defense Force training field in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 20, 2010. Three people died in the burn, which is conducted annually for pest control. (Kyodo)