farming
noun /ˈfɑːmɪŋ/
/ˈfɑːrmɪŋ/
[uncountable]- the business of managing or working on a farm
- to take up farming
- organic farming
- sheep/fish/salmon farming
- modern farming methods
- a farming community
- the British farming industry
Collocations FarmingFarmingGrowing food and raising animals- plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley
- grow/produce corn/wheat/rice/fruit
- plough/(North American English) plow land/a field
- sow/harvest seeds/crops/fields
- spread manure/fertilizer on something
- cultivate/irrigate/water/contaminate crops/plants/fields/land
- damage/destroy/lose your crop
- ripen/pick fruit/berries/grapes
- press/dry/ferment grapes
- grind/thresh grain/corn/wheat
- raise/rear/keep chickens/poultry/cattle/pigs
- raise/breed/feed/graze livestock/cattle/sheep
- kill/slaughter livestock
- preserve/smoke/cure/salt meat
- run a fish farm/an organic dairy farm
- engage in/be involved in intensive (pig/fish) farming
- use/apply (chemical/organic) fertilizer/insecticides/pesticides
- begin/do/conduct field trials of GM (= genetically modified) crops
- grow/develop GM crops/seeds/plants/foods
- fund/invest in genetic engineering/research
- improve/increase crop yields
- face/suffer from/alleviate food shortages
- label food that contains GMOs (= genetically modified organisms)
- eliminate/reduce farm subsidies
- oppose/be against factory farming/GM food
- promote/encourage/support organic/sustainable farming
Extra ExamplesTopics Farminga2- They lived by fishing and by basic small-scale farming.
- a farming operation where sheep are raised
- the decline of traditional family farming
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- small-scale
- family
- subsistence
- …
- be engaged in
- work in
- community
- industry
- sector
- …