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Recent Examples of agronomy
Tom Huesgen, the golf club’s director of agronomy, said the club is undertaking the effort in order to provide a consistent playing experience—the gras say-grade will also improve irrigation efficiency.
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Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
In professional stadium design, field availability is governed less by calendars than by agronomy, recovery cycles, and surface integrity.
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Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
7 Feb. 2026
York studied mathematics and agronomy at South Dakota State University.
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Forum News Service,
Twin Cities,
28 Jan. 2026
As a corn plant grows, the leaves unroll to reveal the tassel, the part that sheds pollen, explained Mark Licht, an associate professor of agronomy and an extension cropping systems specialist at Iowa State University.
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Jason Ma,
Fortune,
25 Aug. 2025
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Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
In professional stadium design, field availability is governed less by calendars than by agronomy, recovery cycles, and surface integrity.
—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
7 Feb. 2026
York studied mathematics and agronomy at South Dakota State University.
—
Forum News Service,
Twin Cities,
28 Jan. 2026
As a corn plant grows, the leaves unroll to reveal the tassel, the part that sheds pollen, explained Mark Licht, an associate professor of agronomy and an extension cropping systems specialist at Iowa State University.
—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for agronomy
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Earth Observation And Analytics Companies in the EO segment, including optical, radar and hyperspectral sensor providers, are building a large market serving agribusiness, insurance, logistics, land use and infrastructure.
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The events underscore the challenge of balancing conservation, Indigenous interests and pressure from agribusiness, one of Brazil’s most powerful sectors.
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Linda Langelo, horticulture specialist at Colorado State University and author of Plants Are Speaking.
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Tim Johnson is senior director of horticulture at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
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The crash site was forest in 1944, but it was later excavated for rice cultivation, Fong told Jackson.
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The ruling also confirmed that the exemption for propagation material was not intended to create a broad commercial market, but it was supposed to be limited to private cultivation or within the framework of cultivation associations.
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Local agriculture can benefit from precision farming, predictive analytics, and resource optimization that increase productivity while lowering costs.
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Yet despite those struggles, South Africa, one of Africa’s leading industrial economies, remains a destination for migrants willing to take low-paying jobs in domestic work, security and agriculture.
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For those with the space and a long-term gardening mindset, that investment can pay off with years of future harvests.
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The podcast host also planted the White House’s first kitchen garden since Eleanor Roosevelt's World War II Victory Garden, and used the green space for community gardening initiatives.
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Better practices such as cover crops, reduced or no tillage to protect the soil and on-farm installations to reduce runoff have substantially increased in recent years.
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Additionally, 57 percent of acreage uses no-till or conservation tillage, minimizing soil disturbance to reduce erosion, improve water infiltration and lower fuel use.
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Local agriculture can benefit from precision farming, predictive analytics, and resource optimization that increase productivity while lowering costs.
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Regenerative agriculture is a sustainable farming practice focused on soil health.
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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.
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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.
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“Agronomy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agronomy. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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