farmhands

plural of farmhand

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Noun
  • Built to help farmers decide where to irrigate and what to plant, these tools were never meant to value land for investors.
    Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • North Unit’s farmers pride themselves on that efficiency.
    Emily Cureton Cook, ProPublica, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • At wineries with older vines, growers believe the difference is noticeable in the glass.
    Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • What the growers’ side is arguing Natalie Collins, president of the California Association of Winegrape Growers, framed the labeling change as a competitive fairness issue.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 26 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
  • The mailman already knows your name, so leave the curb-appeal-building moves to smart paint picks and pretty planters instead.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 24 June 2026
  • Later, there were heavy planters added to the pool deck and other additions made to the building.
    Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
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“Farmhands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farmhands. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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