Sentence examples for million lb from inspiring English sources

Subsequent winds and rains destroyed storage sheds which ruined 1.8 million lb.

Belize Sugar Industries Ltd. reported that the country's sugar crop that year was the worst on record, producing 980,000 lb (445,000 kg) of sub-standard cane, compared to 1.2 million lb (545,000 kg) of high quality cane the year before.

The amount of PFOS used in consumer application totals 5.6 million lb [ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPAA) 2000].

In the United States in 2001, 2,4-D ranked fifth among all pesticides in pounds of active ingredient applied in the agricultural market sector (28 33 million lb), the number one pesticide applied in both the home and garden market sector (8 11 million lb), as well as the industry, commercial and government market sector (16 18 million lb) (Donaldson et al. 2004).

TRI data from 2000 indicate that North Carolina is home to 874 TRI sites, releasing > 126 million lb of contaminants to the air.

In 2003, in addition to the 2.7 million pounds of chlorpyrifos, diazinon, and malathion applied to California agriculture, 1.2 million lb of other organophosphorothionates, and a total of 7.9 million lb of cholinesterase inhibitors (i.e., all organophosphates and carbamates), were applied on California agriculture (CDPR 2005).

Started a business selling grow-your-own-mushroom kits using 1 million lbs of recycled coffee grounds.

But notable glyphosate use is also seen with oranges (3.2 million lbs); sorghum (3 million lbs); almonds (2.1 million lbs); grapes, (1.5 million lbs); grapefruit and apples (400,000 lbs each); and a variety of fruits, vegetables and nuts.

By 12 days after the passage of the hurricane, FEMA distributed more than 6.3 million lbs.

It was estimated that 4 million lbs (1.8 million kgs) of bananas were lost, worth nearly $1 million.

The overwhelming majority of these novel crops are engineered to be resistant to herbicides, such as Monsanto's Roundup, and have dramatically increased overall herbicide use by 382 million lbs.