as in farmer
a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it
went from being a simple soybean farmer to an agronomist specializing in soil management
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Recent Examples of agronomist
Farmers currently may need the assistance of an agronomist to analyze the data and use it for future planting strategies.
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Tyler Jett, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
An agronomist develops crops that yield more food every harvest.
—Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
Elsewhere in Kigali, a group of young agronomists are training farmers to adopt technologies such as hydroponics to maximize productivity, using water instead of soil.
—Evelyne Musambi, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Elsewhere in Kigali, a group of young agronomists are training farmers to adopt technologies such as hydroponics to maximize productivity, using water instead of soil.
—ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
Cattle were raised, and various crops (including corn [maize] and cotton) were grown with the assistance of agronomists.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Oktyabr Dospanov, curator of the Nukus Museum of Art’s archaeology department, explained that rice cultivation in Karakalpakstan took off in the 1960s, when Soviet agronomists introduced it as a salt-tolerant crop for the area’s saline soil.
—Michael Snyder, Saveur, 11 Mar. 2026
All 11 stadiums — even the four that play NFL football on natural grass — will bring in special sod carefully crafted by agronomists and approved by FIFA.
—Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
There are humans in the cabin of the combine - mostly agronomists who study the operations and yield, and use this information to optimize seeding plans for next season.
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Tyler Jett, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
An agronomist develops crops that yield more food every harvest.
—Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
Elsewhere in Kigali, a group of young agronomists are training farmers to adopt technologies such as hydroponics to maximize productivity, using water instead of soil.
—Evelyne Musambi, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Elsewhere in Kigali, a group of young agronomists are training farmers to adopt technologies such as hydroponics to maximize productivity, using water instead of soil.
—ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
Cattle were raised, and various crops (including corn [maize] and cotton) were grown with the assistance of agronomists.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Oktyabr Dospanov, curator of the Nukus Museum of Art’s archaeology department, explained that rice cultivation in Karakalpakstan took off in the 1960s, when Soviet agronomists introduced it as a salt-tolerant crop for the area’s saline soil.
—Michael Snyder, Saveur, 11 Mar. 2026
All 11 stadiums — even the four that play NFL football on natural grass — will bring in special sod carefully crafted by agronomists and approved by FIFA.
—Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
There are humans in the cabin of the combine - mostly agronomists who study the operations and yield, and use this information to optimize seeding plans for next season.
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agronomist
farmer
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Some white farmers have indeed been killed, often during brutal armed robberies, but those cases account for less than one per cent of the country’s annual murder rate.—
Annie Hylton,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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Many American farmers rely on fertilizer moving by barge up the Mississippi River ahead of the planting season, limiting their ability to defer purchases.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
14 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Agronomist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agronomist. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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