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agriculture

[ag-ri-kuhl-cher] / ˈæg rɪˌkʌl tʃər /
NOUN
farming, crop production
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Clayton Tucker, a Democrat running for Texas agriculture commissioner, is a leader in the anti-data center movement.

From Salon Aug. 3, 2026

Agricultural economies of the past were plagued by malnutrition; today the roughly 1% of U.S. workers in agriculture are productive enough to make us obese.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

The current agriculture, environment and rural affairs minister Andrew Muir ordered a review of the department's bTB strategy which was delivered in 2024.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

Yuntianhua may be the one Chinese company that connects Washington’s worries about China’s role in agriculture with the Hormuz fertilizer squeeze.

From MarketWatch Aug. 1, 2026

Chapter 4 sketches how food production—that is, the growing of food by agriculture or herding, instead of the hunting and gathering of wild foods—ultimately led to the immediate factors permitting Pizarro’s triumph.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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