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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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Kathryn Palmer The drug lord was born Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, on July 17, 1966, in the small farming city of Aguililla in the western state of Michoacán, according to The Courier Journal, part of the USA TODAY Network.
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Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
Tom Lee of Fundstrat has been frequently citing the invention of flash-frozen food in the early 1900s as fundamentally disrupting the farming sector, which took farming as a share of jobs from 30% to 40% down to just 2% to 5%, but the economy reallocated value elsewhere.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026
Much of the interior was no good for farming.
—Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
Goat yogurt is considered a more sustainable option than cow yogurt as goat farming requires less land and water consumption than cattle farming; goats also produce less methane gas than cattle.
—Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2026
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Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
Tom Lee of Fundstrat has been frequently citing the invention of flash-frozen food in the early 1900s as fundamentally disrupting the farming sector, which took farming as a share of jobs from 30% to 40% down to just 2% to 5%, but the economy reallocated value elsewhere.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026
Much of the interior was no good for farming.
—Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
Goat yogurt is considered a more sustainable option than cow yogurt as goat farming requires less land and water consumption than cattle farming; goats also produce less methane gas than cattle.
—Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for farming
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“Farming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/farming. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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