i.e. in Europe, planting of summer crops will generally take place in february or March (early spring) and harvesting usually starts in July, but the oppposite would be true in New Zealand and Southern South America for instance.

In more tropical climes the timing of the monsoons and type of crop would play an important role in the planting and harvesting times.

On the bsis that you cannot reap what you do not sow, then the agricultural season may very well be said to begin with ploughing the land and sowing seeds for crops grown from seeds of some sort.

Hope this helps



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Note added at 8 hrs 39 mins (2005-10-24 08:44:10 GMT)
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Yes - the agricultural season for a country or a crop is from the seed planting to the harvest

Here are some refs you might want to peruse:

afrol News - Angolan govt kicks off agricultural season
AFRICAN NEWS AGENCY. The only independent news agency dedicated exclusively to Africa. Angolan govt kicks off agricultural season.
www.afrol.com/articles/14808

afrol News - Late beginning of Rwandan agricultural season
16.10.2002 - Late beginning of Rwandan agricultural season » 10.08.2002 - Rwandan poverty reduction strategy hailed » 22.02.2002 - Good Rwandan harvest ...
www.afrol.com/News2002/rwa024_late_rains.htm

NewsFromRussia.Com Zimbabwe on edge of hunger
Zimbabwe is facing its worst agricultural season since independence in 1980, farmers and other experts warn. Critical shortages of seed, fertilizer and ...
newsfromrussia.com/world/2005/09/07/62465.html

Normal Rainfall Expected During the 2005/2006 Agricultural season
obtaining good yields at the end of the 2005/06 agricultural season for a maize crop with a maturity period of 120 days. (Figure 4). ...
www.sahims.net/doclibrary/ Sahims_Documents/111005_SADC_weather.pdf