as in agriculture
a kind of farming in which people raise animals for meat, milk, eggs, etc.
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Recent Examples of animal husbandry
Their findings add strong evidence that the rise of animal husbandry forever shaped humanity’s relationship with disease, though the timing defied their expectations.
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Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2025
Last year, a new animal husbandry ordinance permitted residents to own honey bees, as well as chickens and ducks.
—Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 17 July 2025
The plight of the honeybee, Hung explained, should be viewed as a matter of animal husbandry — the branch of agriculture that focuses on raising animals for production of food and other items.
—Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 7 July 2025
And then, yeah, moved into some really exciting use cases and things like animal husbandry.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Apr. 2024
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Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2025
Last year, a new animal husbandry ordinance permitted residents to own honey bees, as well as chickens and ducks.
—Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 17 July 2025
The plight of the honeybee, Hung explained, should be viewed as a matter of animal husbandry — the branch of agriculture that focuses on raising animals for production of food and other items.
—Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 7 July 2025
And then, yeah, moved into some really exciting use cases and things like animal husbandry.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for animal husbandry
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By conventional standards, much of this terrain would be considered difficult for agriculture.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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The group and its rancher members reason that by eating buffalo meat, consumers are helping maintain herds on North American grasslands while supporting regenerative agriculture.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2026
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Reports commissioned by Molly Scott Cato, the Green Party MEP for Southwest England, and others revolve around mixed farming, increasing biodiversity, and addressing big issues such as loss of topsoil and supporting farming communities.—
Craig Ballinger,
Slate Magazine,
20 Mar. 2017
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Penny has reported on everything from national civil rights issues to hog farming in Illinois, Georgia, Texas and now Arkansas.—
Penny Weaver,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
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From dairy and beef cattle to pears and poultry, the farming industry generates more than $500 million each year in Sacramento County.—
James Taylor,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Jimmy Fallon had Sadie Sink, cementing The Tonight Show’s place as the center of what monoculture is left to be had.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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The erosion of the monoculture must make a task like this even more difficult.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Jan. 2026
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Frachetti, who specializes in pastoralism in the Bronze Age, was also not involved with the study.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
18 Nov. 2025
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As forests receded—along with the elk—people in the Altai region began adopting semi-nomadic pastoralism and horseback riding.—
Margherita Bassi,
Popular Science,
24 July 2025
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The gardening tasks for the cultivation of 30 vegetables are laid out month by month.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
24 Jan. 2026
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His careful protection and cultivation of those seedlings into the sapling stage would have been a sure victory.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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This is one of the most exciting aspects of home hobby gardening.—
Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Jan. 2026
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Starting seeds indoors offers a cost-effective way to grow a variety of vegetables and ornamental plants and get a head start on the gardening season.—
Kerry Michaels,
The Spruce,
21 Jan. 2026
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While wolf populations have risen across Europe, the most popular explanation in Finland for the record number of wolf attacks in the northern reindeer husbandry regions lies hundreds of miles away: deep in the Russian trenches of Ukraine.—
Mick Krever,
CNN Money,
22 Dec. 2025
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In Bulgaria, village music was typically sung by peasants while tending to agriculture and husbandry; at weddings; and to express national pride.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
21 Dec. 2025
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“Animal husbandry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/animal%20husbandry. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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