1863 D. G. Mitchell 131 A professed grain-grower.
1927 H. Peake & H. J. Fleure 22 Grain is a more sustaining diet than whelks and limpets, and the grain-growers had more time and more energy to improve the amenities of their surroundings.
1963 13 Mar. 10/7 Stalin accused some of the ‘respected grain-growers’ of staging a sit-down strike and leaving workers and the Red Army without bread.