as in farmer
a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it
orange growers in Florida were hard hit by the hurricane
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Recent Examples of grower
After more than an hour on the road, the team arrived at a cluster of trailers behind a long dirt path on a grower’s property in South Haven, tight quarters where farmworkers rest after long-hour shifts picking fruit under the Michigan sun.
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David Rodriguez Muñoz, Freep.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Despite being legal, the illicit market is thriving, with only 38% of the cannabis consumed in California coming from licensed growers, according to a 2024 report released by the state Department of Cannabis Control.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Pressures in the farm economy may draw more growers to seek similar incentive programs, Richter said, noting the strong attendance of an informational meeting hosted by The Nature Conservancy in August.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Other licensed business owners are watching the litigation with great interest, particularly craft growers and the more than 60 growers who have licenses but haven’t been able to open for business, mostly because of high costs and difficulty getting loans.
—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Following the farm tour, the weekend culminates in a Craft Cannabis Marketplace, where small growers showcase their flower, edibles, tinctures, and topicals.
—Kim Westerman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The DownHome Harvest Hello Darlin' blueberry, which is a hardy grower in USDA Zones 7-9.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025
However, growers told us their biggest concern was crop yield, not operational costs.
—Hunter McDaniel, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Aug. 2025
Like the corn growers, the soybean growers also cited sharply lower prices and high costs.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
David Rodriguez Muñoz, Freep.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Despite being legal, the illicit market is thriving, with only 38% of the cannabis consumed in California coming from licensed growers, according to a 2024 report released by the state Department of Cannabis Control.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Pressures in the farm economy may draw more growers to seek similar incentive programs, Richter said, noting the strong attendance of an informational meeting hosted by The Nature Conservancy in August.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Other licensed business owners are watching the litigation with great interest, particularly craft growers and the more than 60 growers who have licenses but haven’t been able to open for business, mostly because of high costs and difficulty getting loans.
—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Following the farm tour, the weekend culminates in a Craft Cannabis Marketplace, where small growers showcase their flower, edibles, tinctures, and topicals.
—Kim Westerman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The DownHome Harvest Hello Darlin' blueberry, which is a hardy grower in USDA Zones 7-9.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025
However, growers told us their biggest concern was crop yield, not operational costs.
—Hunter McDaniel, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Aug. 2025
Like the corn growers, the soybean growers also cited sharply lower prices and high costs.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grower
farmer
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Once a livestock farmer, Ackerman pivoted the family land to pumpkins back in the ‘80s, after commodity prices crashed and a couple of droughts wreaked havoc on the industry.—
Katherine Laidlaw,
HubSpot,
5 Sep. 2025
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Some of the food served will come from the papal estate’s farms while the rest will be brought in from local farmers who follow similar principles of sustainability and care for the environment, the priest said.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Grower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grower. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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