farmer

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noun farm·er \ ˈfär-mər \

Definition of farmer

1 :a person who pays a fixed sum for some privilege or source of income

2 :a person who cultivates land or crops or raises animals (such as livestock or fish)

3 :yokel, bumpkin

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Examples of farmer in a Sentence

My uncle has been a farmer for 60 years.
a young farmer whose family has been growing wheat for many generations

Recent Examples of farmer from the Web

At least 100 cotton storage modules -- capable of holding 13 to 15 bales -- blew away in the Gregory area, said farmer Jeff McKamey, who owns a cotton gin that suffered minor damage when part of the piping and roof blew away.

— jen skerritt, Bloomberg.com, "Texas Farmers Assess Harvey Damage to Grain Bins, Cotton Crops," 26 Aug. 2017
Buy Photo New Jersey peach farmers are expected to finish the current growing season with the nation’s second largest peach harvest, second to California, the United States Department of Agriculture said Friday.

— harold brubaker, Philly.com, "Banner year for Jersey peaches," 11 Aug. 2017
In 1979 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his play Buried Child, about a disillusioned American farmer and his fractured family.

— yohana desta, vanityfair.com, "Sam Shepard, Prolific Playwright and Actor, Dies at 73," 31 July 2017
Prospera’s technology helps farmers collect and analyze the vast amounts of data available in today’s agriculture sector, including information on plant health, pest trends, micro weather conditions, soil nutrients, labor management and so on.

— mike freeman, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Qualcomm invests $15M in digital farming startup," 26 July 2017
Kurt Christensen is a longtime Parma farmer and founder of the Agrienergy Producers Association, a sorghum grower cooperative.

— zach kyle, idahostatesman, "This $94 million plant would create 75 Treasure Valley jobs. If it’s actually built.," 20 July 2017
Walking paths, dog parks, community gardens, a farmer's market and water parks were common themes among the residents.

— scott wartman, Cincinnati.com, "NKY Notebook: Cemetery to become temporary movie theater," 20 July 2017
First to switch all of its cotton clothing to organic in 1996 (and heavily invest in regenerative agriculture, working with farmers and scientists to develop technologies that rebuild topsoil and capture carbon in the earth for over 20 years).

— lindsay talbot, Marie Claire, "The 12 Forward Thinkers Changing Style and Sustainability," 19 July 2017
The risk of a hard border is a concern not just for farmers, traders and migrants.

— The Economist, "How a hard Irish border could return, courtesy of Brexit," 13 July 2017

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