farmingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈfɑː.mɪŋ/us/ˈfɑːr.mɪŋ/B1 the activity of working on a farm or organizing the work there
Examples
- In the last 50 years, there has been a 33-fold increase in the amount of pesticide used in farming.
- Excessive farming had impoverished the soil.
- Cattle farming is the mainstay of the country's economy.
- Huge swathes of rain forest are being cleared for farming and mining.
- In some areas, modern intensive farming is giving way to the re-introduction of traditional methods.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Farming - general words
- agrarian
- agriculture
- arable
- corn earworm
- cultivate
- food security
- harrow
- harvest
- homestead
- produce
- PYO
- rabi
- reap
- rick
- seed
- slash-and-burn
- subsistence farming
- the Agrarian Revolution
- thrash
- till
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Examples from literature
- At the same time, in other parts of the world modern methods were replacing traditional farming.
- In Western Europe, new ways of farming were invented, and many factories were built.
- It’s easy to forget that without industrial farming methods, we simply wouldn’t have so much cheap food.
- The government provided teachers and courses to help people learn organic farming techniques.
- The pioneers of organic farming of the early and mid-twentieth century saw the movement as a return to small family-sized, local farms and a rejection of the big business model of large farms.
- Their method of farming was not sustainable.
- These green activists began to call for a return to more traditional styles of farming.
- Until the 19th century, nobody would have considered farming as anything other than organic.
- Here we found ourselves in a farming district, and we looked eagerly for a safe warm place to hide in for the day.
- I never possessed any practical knowledge of farming, and therefore cannot give a scientific opinion or description of the different soils.
- Needless to say, none of the agricultural experts who sometimes deplore the decline of arable farming are guilty of such foolishness.
- So also will the boy who goes into business or farming or teaching, or any other so-called secular occupation.
- These people live in villages among the farming community.