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farm

[fahrm] / fɑrm /




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The UFU wanted an independent panel of experts to examine the circumstances of the cull which took place on a Fivemiletown farm on 29 and 30 June.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

Delsia Bare and her mother, Ida Huddleston, refused a $26 million offer from a data center builder to buy the farm land that had been in their family nearly 200 years.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

It emerged that a total of 21 animals had been removed during the grace period, but 51 remained on the farm.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

He was sent to do farm work and didn’t regain his political status until 1978, when Deng pivoted China away from Communist orthodoxy after Mao’s death.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

They owned the feed store, which also dealt in farm equipment.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

In her view, farmers who don’t want a data center might not appreciate that family farms become family inheritances.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

They’re paying more than $200 a person for semiprivate tours of the Colosseum, visiting Scottish farms where they can brush Highland cows and taking perfume-making classes in Paris.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

RWE is one of the world’s leading offshore wind developers, with 22 offshore wind farms currently in operation or or under construction around the world.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

"Elephants come from time to time from Tsavo and Amboseli. They destroy many farms, not just mine," Michael said.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

As they had in Richmond in January, they took enslaved people from Monticello, along with some others from Jefferson’s nearby Elk Hill and Willis Creek farms.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Visiting one celebrated restaurant in San Francisco, he describes the preparation of commercially farmed abalone steaks as someone who knows his way around a commercial kitchen.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

A spokesperson for Daera said the court directed that the defendant be deprived of the ownership of all farmed animals and ordered the destruction of the animals.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

“So we should expect there to be increasing prices for many of those farmed fish that we import.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

His Bedouin ancestors earned great wealth pearl diving—until foreign farmed pearls tanked the market and left the local economy in shambles.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

As slave workers, they produced low-cost vegetables and fruit, farmed fish and pork, and made uniforms, cement, pottery, and glassware for the crumbling economy outside the fence.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

Their vision: a test kitchen of sorts that models how farming can, and should, be done.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

New technologies bring dislocation, as changes in farming have to small towns where I live.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

The technique makes it possible to analyze genetic information preserved in parchment and could reveal new details about trade, farming, and other aspects of life stretching back roughly 1,300 years.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

With tears in his eyes, Amin said the grass along the riverbank "has all gone" and farming is no longer possible due to "the wind and dust".

From Barron's Aug. 9, 2026

They cleared forests and drained swamps, creating land for farming and other useful purposes.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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