How to Use agricultural in a Sentence

agricultural

adjective
  • The farmer represents the state’s agricultural roots, while the sailor is for the state's ties to the sea.
    Olivia Munson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Many vessels depart from the port to ship grain and other agricultural products across the Black Sea.
    Constant Méheut, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • In the agricultural year ending Aug. 31, the United States handed the corn-exporting crown to Brazil.
    BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The property has 15 lakes and thousands of acres of grazing and agricultural land.
    Steve Brown, Dallas News, 26 July 2023
  • Many of them are agricultural workers from the country’s northeast region of Isaan.
    Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The Netherlands is the No. 2 global exporter of agricultural products.
    Hannah Grossman, Fox News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • More than 600 tons of agricultural products are stuck in Gaza, unable to be exported.
    Elliott Gotkine, CNN, 12 May 2023
  • And that does not include other types of agricultural lands, or natural lands.
    Stephanie Castellano, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Drax Hall, Phillips says, should become a museum and agricultural school.
    Time, 6 July 2023
  • While many of her agricultural neighbors grow food, her mission is disposing of it in a way that is better for the environment.
    Ashley Miznazi, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024
  • On the losing end of Wall Street was Deere, which fell 5.2% even though the maker of agricultural equipment’s profit for the latest quarter topped expectations.
    Stan Choe, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2024
  • This in turn impacts day laborers, who are hired when agricultural help is needed.
    WIRED, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Out-of-state dairy conglomerate Riverview and several large-scale pecan farms now dominate a lot of the agricultural production in the area.
    The Arizona Republic, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Analysts warned that the country's agricultural failures would further increase food prices around the world.
    Lois Parshley, Scientific American, 16 May 2023
  • Past fuel shortages in Gaza have caused sewage from the strip to contaminate agricultural land and spill into Israel.
    Cate Brown, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Less agricultural growth also means less food is available for people.
    Matt Simon, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Last month, Colorado passed(Opens in a new window) a repair bill aimed at tractors and other agricultural machinery, which is due to take effect next year.
    Marco Marcelline, PCMAG, 26 May 2023
  • The agency pointed out that over 30 high schoolers had received stipends to support their urban agricultural studies thanks to the non-profit co-founder’s efforts.
    Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Since 93 percent of North Dakota is privately owned, agricultural lands sustain the ample whitetails and shrinking mule deer North Dakotans love to hunt.
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 23 May 2023
  • Much of the district outside of Cuyahoga County is agricultural or rural, Miller noted.
    Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Besides classes in an agricultural school, Kharkovsky’s life revolved around fishing, volleyball and walks in the country.
    Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2023
  • This includes employing new agricultural techniques and growing crops once rare in the region.
    Melina Walling, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 June 2023
  • Of special concern are the rocky island of Cedros, off the west coast of the state and home to about 3,000 people, and San Quintín, an agricultural center for the region that has slowly emerged as a coastal tourist destination.
    Aline Corpus, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Forest loss and mining and agricultural runoff could be playing a role in water degradation in the hellbender’s habitat.
    The Indianapolis Star, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Unlike other agricultural products, which are grown and harvested on an annual cycle, Christmas trees can take up to a decade to grow to a marketable height.
    WIRED, 16 Dec. 2023
  • The flames ignited Sunday and rapidly spread across forests and agricultural areas in at least 16 of Algeria's 48 provinces, driven by strong winds and scorching heat.
    Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 26 July 2023
  • Whether seen on Earth or not, the full moon that rises after the autumn equinox is known as the harvest moon, conjuring nostalgic visions of an agricultural society and a bygone time.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Key Background India witnessed a large year-long protest by farmers in 2021 in direct response to a set of three contentious agricultural laws passed by the government a year earlier.
    Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Camp conditions Jenin, an agricultural town that dates back to ancient times, has long been a center of Palestinian resistance.
    Maha Nassar, The Conversation, 5 July 2023
  • Rancher Philip Crosthwaite, believed to have been the first white settler, arrived in 1859, and soon the valley became an agricultural community.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023

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