Picture of the week: Growing Sunflower Field in Manvel, North Dakota
This picture comes from Grand Forks County, North Dakota. The sunflower got its name from its huge, fiery blooms, whose shape and
image is often used to depict the sun. Sunflower have a rough, hairy
stems, broad, rough, coarsely toothed leaves, and circular heads filled with flowers. A typical sunflower head consists of 1,000-2,000 individual flowers joined
together by a receptacle base.
Sunflowers have many uses; they can be used as a source of food for humans and animals, their oil can be extracted for use in cooking or to manufacture biodiesel, and they can be used to extract toxic ingredients from soil, such as lead, arsenic, and uranium. Sunflowers were utilized to remove cesium-137 and strontium-90 from a nearby pond after the Chernobyl disaster and a similar fashion in response to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
Sunflowers have many uses; they can be used as a source of food for humans and animals, their oil can be extracted for use in cooking or to manufacture biodiesel, and they can be used to extract toxic ingredients from soil, such as lead, arsenic, and uranium. Sunflowers were utilized to remove cesium-137 and strontium-90 from a nearby pond after the Chernobyl disaster and a similar fashion in response to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
Remember, we are always looking for agricultural pictures from anywhere in the world. Submit pictures to farmlandforecast@colvin-co.com.
Posted by Colvin & Co. at 8/12/2011 12:46 PM 
Categories: Picture of the Week
Tags: Sunflowers North Dakota agriculture commodities farmland farming seed ethanol
Categories: Picture of the Week
Tags: Sunflowers North Dakota agriculture commodities farmland farming seed ethanol
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