Examples of farming in a Sentence
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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At times, Bartek doubts his own decision to go into farming.
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ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
Substantial proportions of the world’s supply of products required for farming – including oil, natural gas, urea and fertilizers – are currently choked off from global markets as vessels cannot safely pass through the crucial waterway due to the war in the Middle East.
—Cnn Staff, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026
Crofting and sheep farming set the daily rhythms, but there’s also a strict church calendar.
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
Such assurances are unlikely to quell the community’s decades-long experience with polluted runoff, however, and small farmers say that runoff could also present a food safety problem and threaten to set back years of organic farming practices.
—Thomas Heaton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
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ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
Substantial proportions of the world’s supply of products required for farming – including oil, natural gas, urea and fertilizers – are currently choked off from global markets as vessels cannot safely pass through the crucial waterway due to the war in the Middle East.
—Cnn Staff, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026
Crofting and sheep farming set the daily rhythms, but there’s also a strict church calendar.
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
Such assurances are unlikely to quell the community’s decades-long experience with polluted runoff, however, and small farmers say that runoff could also present a food safety problem and threaten to set back years of organic farming practices.
—Thomas Heaton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
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“Farming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/farming. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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