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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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The focus is on solving global challenges like skilled labor shortages, an aging farming population, and the need to feed a growing world.
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Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Medieval Europeans, to take one example, cleared enormous stretches of woodland—up to seventy per cent in parts of France and England by the fourteenth century—for farming, fuel, and timber.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Aside from his career in Hollywood, Lester remained an active member of his Mississippi farming community.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 25 Jan. 2026
Ian Frazier About 26 billion chickens occupy Earth, but apart from the lucky ones in backyards, most are condemned to the hellscape that is industrial farming.
—Ricardo Reis, The New York Review of Books, 24 Jan. 2026
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Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Medieval Europeans, to take one example, cleared enormous stretches of woodland—up to seventy per cent in parts of France and England by the fourteenth century—for farming, fuel, and timber.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Aside from his career in Hollywood, Lester remained an active member of his Mississippi farming community.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 25 Jan. 2026
Ian Frazier About 26 billion chickens occupy Earth, but apart from the lucky ones in backyards, most are condemned to the hellscape that is industrial farming.
—Ricardo Reis, The New York Review of Books, 24 Jan. 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 30 Jan. 2026.
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