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agribusiness

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as in agronomy

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Recent Examples of agribusiness The loss of downside momentum relative to the SPX adds conviction to the breakout in price and supports improved performance from agribusiness stocks in the weeks ahead. — Katie Stockton, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026 In 2024, the African Development Bank Group estimated the continent’s food and agribusiness industry would surge almost fourfold by 2030, reaching $1 trillion. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Aug. 2026 Deforestation over the same period fell 12% in the Cerrado, a savanna in central Brazil that has long been under pressure from the powerful agribusiness sector. — Gabriela Sa Pessoa, Fortune, 12 June 2026 The food, beverage, pharmaceutical, chemical, and agribusiness lobbies do not need to defeat MAHA in public debate. — Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for agribusiness

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Origins of the Grand Mosque During the war, a former colonial agronomy school on the outskirts of Paris was converted to a temporary hospital for soldiers from the empire.

— Shannon Fogg, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026
According to a press release, the private club division of Troon, called Troon Privé, will oversee club operations, course agronomy, the food and beverage program, membership sales and marketing.

— Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of agronomy

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Supporters said the amendment would help support struggling agriculture businesses, pointing to food security as a national security issue.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026
In a sign of the campaign's competitiveness, many of Iowa's prominent industry groups in agriculture and business declined to weigh in on the contest, endorsing in other contests but not the governor's race.

— CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of agriculture

Noun

There is not enough arable land in China to both expand soybean cultivation and sustain self-reliance in staple grains.

— JOEL WUTHNOW, Foreign Affairs, 2 Nov. 2026
Mission Garden hosts public events and classes and grows heritage crops on an O’odham site that has been under cultivation for 4,000 years.

— Tovar Cerulli, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of cultivation

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Jamie Viebach is a horticulture educator at the University of Illinois extension.

— Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 6 Nov. 2026
My hot arboist is entirely my own imagination and not in any way related to the real director of horticulture who lives in Green-Wood with his wife and family.

— CBS News, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of horticulture

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The strange discovery was made earlier this month at the Historic Hayes Farm in Edenton, where restoration specialist Andrew Ownbey is restoring key parts of the 194-acre farming complex.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 2 Nov. 2026
A number of the candidates motivated by HB 5468 are from rural communities, where homeschooling and farming can go together.

— Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of farming

Noun

The inspiration While Peter had grown up gardening in the small plot of his family home in London, Julie had no gardening experience, as someone who grown up on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

— Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
Flowers and gardening were integral to Eudora’s life in Jackson.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of gardening

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Reduced tillage or no-till was used by 91 percent of participating growers; 56 percent planted cover crops.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
America’s wealthiest are snapping up huge swathes of farmland, and while some are using it for their elaborate hobbies, agriculture advocates worry the broader trend of the rich purchasing tillage is putting the livelihood of actual farmers at risk.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of tillage

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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.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
The site serves as a working farm and education center focused on agroecology, carbon capture, soil health, and sustainable supply chains.

— Francois Botha, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025