agribusiness

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Recent Examples of agribusiness This extractive agribusiness model prioritizes revenues, often contrary to the goals of demonstration, recreation and forward-looking research. Evan Mills, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026 Take Colorado’s agribusiness industries, for example. Colorado Newsline, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2026 The vision for Rolling Forks Vineyards was different from where this agribusiness has now landed among a long list of grape growers and wine makers around the world. Michael Johnson, Twin Cities, 23 Feb. 2026 Our agribusiness is in a position to prosper. Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for agribusiness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agribusiness
Noun
  • 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.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Sarah Budde Rodriguez is an agronomy solutions manager at Tidal Grow AgriScience.
    Suzanne Wright, USA Today, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • It is still used for washing, irrigation, and agriculture in many nearby villages.
    Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 9 May 2026
  • To help boost business in the district, Arenas re-established the office of economic development, which is meant to coordinate business efforts outside of the region’s cities, including agriculture, a mainstay of South County.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • The region is home to armed groups who vie for control of coca leaf cultivation areas and for sea and river access routes to run drug trafficking operations to Central America and Europe.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The order noted that regulation of medical marijuana has come a long way, with comprehensive licensing polices from cultivation to sales in most states.
    Gene Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • As climate change delays the first winter frosts across much of North America, summer ragweed also keeps flowering longer, extending the latter part of pollen season into the fall, said David Wees, a faculty lecturer in horticulture at McGill University in Montreal.
    Keerti Gopal, ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026
  • Research is limited on whether letting grass grow for only a few weeks meaningfully helps pollinators, according to David Lowenstein, a consumer horticulture expert for Michigan State University.
    CBS News, CBS News, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • After the war, the two of them set about establishing a utopian farming colony, based on equality and reclaiming the land for common use.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 6 May 2026
  • First, Prince William visited with a group of young farmers and their families in Swaledale to learn how farming has evolved through the decades of multi-generational stewardship and what unique problems farmers are facing today.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
Noun
  • Think pottery classes, watercolor lessons, baking, gardening, book clubs, Pilates, surf lessons and dance classes like hip hop.
    Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026
  • Your questions, comments, and horticultural insights, as well as gardening conundrums and successes, are always welcome in my inbox.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • Additionally, 57 percent of acreage uses no-till or conservation tillage, minimizing soil disturbance to reduce erosion, improve water infiltration and lower fuel use.
    SJ Studio, Footwear News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Many of the dispossessed took to the woods and subsisted by slash-and-burn tillage, while others immigrated to Manchuria and Japan in search of jobs; the majority of Korean residents now in those areas are their descendants.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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.
    Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Dozens of educational workshops, lectures, panels and demonstrations are scheduled throughout the weekend, ranging from discussions on agroecology policy to beer tasting.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Agribusiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agribusiness. Accessed 12 May. 2026.

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