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Recent Examples of agribusiness
On the Democratic side, Jesse Brewer, a former area manager for 7-Eleven locations, is running against Melissa Strange, a supply-chain director for an agribusiness company.
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The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
And the winning candidate from One Nation, David Farley, is a significant force in the agribusiness sector.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
11 May 2026
With agribusiness deforestation and fossil-fuel extraction operations advancing from every side, weaving—predominantly women’s labor among the Wichí—has enabled them to build and sustain forms of collectivity.
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María Carri,
Artforum,
16 Apr. 2026
Compost also fuels beneficial soil microorganisms, a growing front in the fight for healthier soil, according to Allison, who says agribusiness companies might soon be able to mass-produce soil-enriching microbes that farmers can spread on fields.
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Matt Alderton,
USA Today,
18 Mar. 2026
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The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
And the winning candidate from One Nation, David Farley, is a significant force in the agribusiness sector.
—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
11 May 2026
With agribusiness deforestation and fossil-fuel extraction operations advancing from every side, weaving—predominantly women’s labor among the Wichí—has enabled them to build and sustain forms of collectivity.
—
María Carri,
Artforum,
16 Apr. 2026
Compost also fuels beneficial soil microorganisms, a growing front in the fight for healthier soil, according to Allison, who says agribusiness companies might soon be able to mass-produce soil-enriching microbes that farmers can spread on fields.
—
Matt Alderton,
USA Today,
18 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for agribusiness
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From the agronomy side, that progression was part of the design.
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Planting a tree or tending to a garden is a simple way for individuals to contribute to the climate fight, Chris Cerveny, a soil science and agronomy expert and co-founder of Just Good Soil, an agricultural company that focuses on regenerative gardening practices, told ABC News.
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Local agriculture can benefit from precision farming, predictive analytics, and resource optimization that increase productivity while lowering costs.
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Yet despite those struggles, South Africa, one of Africa’s leading industrial economies, remains a destination for migrants willing to take low-paying jobs in domestic work, security and agriculture.
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The crash site was forest in 1944, but it was later excavated for rice cultivation, Fong told Jackson.
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The ruling also confirmed that the exemption for propagation material was not intended to create a broad commercial market, but it was supposed to be limited to private cultivation or within the framework of cultivation associations.
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Linda Langelo, horticulture specialist at Colorado State University and author of Plants Are Speaking.
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Tim Johnson is senior director of horticulture at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
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Local agriculture can benefit from precision farming, predictive analytics, and resource optimization that increase productivity while lowering costs.
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Regenerative agriculture is a sustainable farming practice focused on soil health.
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For those with the space and a long-term gardening mindset, that investment can pay off with years of future harvests.
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The podcast host also planted the White House’s first kitchen garden since Eleanor Roosevelt's World War II Victory Garden, and used the green space for community gardening initiatives.
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Better practices such as cover crops, reduced or no tillage to protect the soil and on-farm installations to reduce runoff have substantially increased in recent years.
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Additionally, 57 percent of acreage uses no-till or conservation tillage, minimizing soil disturbance to reduce erosion, improve water infiltration and lower fuel use.
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When her father came to the University of Minnesota in 2024 to get his Ph.D. in agroecology and sustainable agriculture, Beza Sanon moved with him to St. Paul.
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Dozens of educational workshops, lectures, panels and demonstrations are scheduled throughout the weekend, ranging from discussions on agroecology policy to beer tasting.
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“Agribusiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agribusiness. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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