Cropping [verb]

Urine contains the nutrients nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium—a trio known in agriculture as NPK—in soluble forms that plants can take up, similar to synthetic fertilizers widely used in crop production.

The heat has also brought storms of locusts, migratory pests that are infamous for destroying crops.

For example, an AI trained to spot signs of disease in high-quality medical images will struggle with blurry or cropped images captured by a cheap camera in a busy clinic.

The honeybees that serve as the hornets’ prey are crucial to pollinating crops, Spichiger said.

Some are expecting errors to crop up and padding in extra time to deal with them.

Of course, there are plenty of other places that DTC brands can sell through — Walmart, Target and Macy’s have all launched their own marketplaces in recent years, and there’s also a new crop of marketplace startups like Verishop, Bubble and The Yes.

Agribusinesses like Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland are aware of the battle and mostly betting that improved crop breeding, using the latest techniques of genetic engineering, will save the day.

Rings of spoofing, nicknamed “crop circles” have been tracked to ports in China and to bizarre locations off the coast of San Francisco, according to investigations by Bjorn Bergman at the NGO SkyTruth.

Other shows of this sort are now cropping up, including Brooklyn-based mentalist Jason Suran’s “Reconnected,” an hour filled with displays of his dexterity as a mind reader.

In recent years, though, July Perry’s name and story have started to crop up all over Florida.