as in agriculture
the science or occupation of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock
since an ancestor settled there in the 19th century, farming has been the only occupation for six generations of the family
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as in agricultural
engaged in or concerned with agriculture
years of drought had a devastating impact on the region's farming communities
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as in cultivating
to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on
we're planning on farming 50 acres the first year
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Recent Examples of farming
Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 4 Nov. 2024
While traditional farming methods avoid insecticides and fertilizers, the soccer fields are another story.
—Mariana Martínez Barba and Julitàn Trejo Bax, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Nov. 2024
Everything Antipodean makes is grown sustainably on low-impact farms that practice regenerative farming methods.
—Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2024
Filming locations for Territory include a real-life working cattle station, one of the largest national parks in Australia and a small farming community in the Adelaide Plains.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
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However, experts have highlighted that introducing a tax could encourage succession planning within farming families.
—Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 4 Nov. 2024
While traditional farming methods avoid insecticides and fertilizers, the soccer fields are another story.
—Mariana Martínez Barba and Julitàn Trejo Bax, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Nov. 2024
Everything Antipodean makes is grown sustainably on low-impact farms that practice regenerative farming methods.
—Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2024
Filming locations for Territory include a real-life working cattle station, one of the largest national parks in Australia and a small farming community in the Adelaide Plains.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
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The 2003 Quantification Settlement Agreement (QSA) increased policy focus on water conservation, resulting in less water being used in agriculture, so that more could be provided to urban areas like San Diego.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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By 2050, Tanzania may experience significant drought and more intense flooding, which could lead to a widespread decrease in agriculture and a lowering of the gross domestic product by up to 18 percent.New York Times, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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The marijuana legalization initiative is also drawing considerable attention in the state, which has a large agricultural sector and a thriving medical marijuana market.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Trees are a crucial aspect of the agricultural practices of farmers in the High Atlas region.Jamie Hailstone, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Exactly 150 years ago, scientists first discovered that leaf-cutter ants were cultivating gardens of fungi inside their nests, feeding the fungi bits of leaves and in turn eating the tips of the fungal webs.Kate Golembiewski, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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Executive presence is about cultivating a professional brand that reflects your achievements in a way that exudes confidence.Cara Heilmann, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Their routines have long endured on the fringes of their worlds, with Nina driving back and forth from her plain, modern life and the wilds of the mountain villages and Walter’s sometimes agrarian, sometimes intellectual upbringing.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
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The fundamental factors that drove Bangladesh’s evolution from a low-income, agrarian economy to a thriving industrial and digital powerhouse are still intact.Sylvana Quader Sinha, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
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“Farming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farming. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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