farmhands

plural of farmhand

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for farmhands
Noun
  • More recently, Boyd has criticized the elimination of federal programs aimed at helping farmers of color acquire land.
    Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 20 June 2026
  • Protests, backed by workers unions, farmers and supporters of former President Evo Morales, are demanding Paz resign.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 20 June 2026
Noun
  • For growers focused on productivity, other grapes offered an easier path.
    Emily Price, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • As inflation and supply chains disruptions caused prices at the grocery store to soar, and a cultural movement toward sustainable, organic eating increased, the number of backyard growers and micro-farmers are rapidly growing across Connecticut.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • Dressing gardens with compost helps improve soil structure and fertility, supports sustainable gardening practices, keeps ecosystems in balance and can reduce greenhouse gases, agriculturists tell us.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
  • Despite that, effective control over such management priorities has long rested with agriculturalists and hunters, whose interests are not always shared by the vast majority of Coloradans.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The combine/reaping machine cutting mechanism (1833) American inventor Obed Hussey patented one of the earliest practical mechanical reapers in 1833.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
  • Advertisement Native Americans were represented only by a display of artifacts, which suggested that living Indians were relics too, who would soon be swept away by white settlement as their lands were plowed under by the gleaming new planters and reapers displayed at the Centennial.
    Fergus M. Bordewich, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • But one of the state's largest cannabis cultivators says that promise is beginning to break down.
    Karen Morfitt, CBS News, 12 June 2026
  • The representatives argued that bad actors are unfairly driving down prices and shifting the tax burden to manufacturers and cultivators who are trying to follow the rules.
    Christopher Osher, ProPublica, 14 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Currently, the west side of Mellon Square features large planters and a continuous walkway with limited seating.
    Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 18 June 2026
  • Wealthy planters, merchants and political leaders lived in and around Williamsburg.
    Danuta Hamlin, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
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“Farmhands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farmhands. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.

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