as in farmers
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 agronomists
The charity’s agronomists predict that one kit, properly tended, can yield up to two hundred pounds of produce in a single season, enough to supplement the diets of a family of four.
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Jason Phillips, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Piccini's team tackled this by staging hands-on workshops, pairing veteran agronomists with robotics engineers to co-develop protocols that honored both viticultural wisdom and technological best practices.
—Jill Barth, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Land O’Lakes is monitoring Oz’s ability to help improve farm yields with the right insights, the time saved in conversations between agronomists and farmers, and ease pressure on the workforce.
—John Kell, Fortune, 29 July 2025
Jason Phillips, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Piccini's team tackled this by staging hands-on workshops, pairing veteran agronomists with robotics engineers to co-develop protocols that honored both viticultural wisdom and technological best practices.
—Jill Barth, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Land O’Lakes is monitoring Oz’s ability to help improve farm yields with the right insights, the time saved in conversations between agronomists and farmers, and ease pressure on the workforce.
—John Kell, Fortune, 29 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agronomists
farmers
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While generations of Chastain families kept struggling as farmers, their new family business of selling farm machinery and repairing silos did very well.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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Blue Dog Bar & Grill boasts the freshest seafood on the island, sourcing its ingredients from local fishermen, brewers, farmers, and ranchers on Pine Island and southwest Florida.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Agronomists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agronomists. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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