单词 | farmer |
释义 | farmer (fɑːʳməʳ ) Word forms: farmers countable noun A2 A farmer is a person who owns or manages a farm. Farmers are very good at asking for more grants and more subsidies. Synonyms: agriculturist, yeoman, smallholder, crofter [Scottish] Image of farmer © Jeanne McRight, Shutterstock Collocations: impoverished farmer This will hit impoverished farmers in developing countries. Times, Sunday Times Impoverished farmers are selling valuable seed and livestock to feed relatives newly arrived from the capital. Times, Sunday Times In the run-up to the general election it spent nearly 700 billion rupees on waiving loans for impoverished farmers. Times, Sunday Times He organizes a meeting, under his real name, to address impoverished farmers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The purpose was to obtain arable lands for impoverished farmers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One local farmer claimed yesterday that a bounty had been placed on the 12-year-old red deer. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Their livestock might be put in charge of one selected local farmer. Times, Sunday Times (2016) With a local farmer we graze sheep there. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Afterwards he went on a truffle hunt with a local farmer and his specially trained dogs. Times, Sunday Times (2012) She admitted running through a wheat field and upsetting a local farmer was the naughtiest thing she had ever done. The Sun (2018) She has already enlisted the help of a local organic farmer for advice on how to go about it. The Sun Of course, an organic farmer would let the sun do the job. Times, Sunday Times Others include a filmmaker, organic farmer and opera director. The Sun The organization currently hosts workshops, an organic farmer apprentice program and horse logging at the farm. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Outraged organic farmers denounced him, but - wisely, perhaps - he declined to be drawn into the row. Times, Sunday Times However, the dams also cost a potato farmer about £2,000 in lost crop because they raised the water on fields. Times,Sunday Times For most of his life he was a potato farmer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The ad features a cartoon potato farmer dancing and singing with his live potatoes on the plantation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was active in parliament, promoting the interests of potato farmers in the constituency and opposing government agricultural policy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Modern potato farmers often mount a haulm topper on the front of the tractor and have a trailed potato harvester towed behind the tractor. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Rural farmers appreciate the device’s ease of assembly, cleanliness and portability. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Rural farmers would also be given the ability to trade by accessing online commodity platforms to buy better seeds and to gain information about 'spot' prices. Times, Sunday Times Road rehabilitation aided in improving rural farmers' access to markets. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Rural farmers and workers expanded on these structures, creating complex songs which some musical conservatives railed against to no avail. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, the efforts were later contradicted by efforts of rural farmers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The homesteads of the small farmer lie crushed under the iron heel of agribusiness. Times, Sunday Times Land reform broke up large absentee-landlord sheep farms, creating a small farmer class. Times, Sunday Times As of 2003, the government was trying to increase food and cash crop production and upgrade small farmer skills. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He appears to have been a small farmer, owning some land. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A small farmer, he was one of the first to begin using organic farming methods, starting in 1978. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Small-scale farmers, who are extremely dependent on any slight weather changes as the seasons tightly govern their produce, are arguably the most affected category. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Originally focused on large-scale commercial farmers, it’s increasingly attentive to small-scale farmers’ needs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Low prices made it possible for thousands of small-scale farmers to afford a tractor, and ownership jumped. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Local banks are reluctant to help small-scale farmers, as they typically have little or nothing to offer in return. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Alpaca wool looked like an irresistible deal to small-scale farmers - the problem was that demand for it never took off. Times, Sunday Times Did you hear the one about the wealthy farmer whose plans for an early retirement were interrupted by an early funeral? Christianity Today He became a wealthy farmer, particularly noted for his large orchards. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Clerical setesveins were recruited mainly among lower nobility and very wealthy farmers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Nobles, merchants, and wealthy farmers began buying burial sites or building chapels, so they could be buried on the grounds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A bastide was the house of a wealthier farmer, and usually was in the shape of a square, with an interior courtyard. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 农夫 Japanese: 農場主 |
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