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Which ancient civilization flourished in the Fertile Crescent, a center of early agriculture?

agriculture

[ag-ri-kuhl-cher] / ˈæg rɪˌkʌl tʃər /
NOUN
farming, crop production
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“California agriculture and Arizona agriculture are getting dried up in favor of water flowing to cities, and that is not a good thing,” says John Boelts, president of the Arizona Farm Bureau.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

In the years since World War II, as steel production slowed and agriculture became one big subsidy, untimely ends became one of the few things you could still expect the U.S. to make itself.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

The Ulster Farmers Union has criticised the exclusion of sheep farmers from the devolved administration's future agriculture policy and called on Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to engage with the industry.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Logging for timber or felling trees for agriculture or mining appear to prevail in forest management in Central Africa, Nguiffo said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

For the first twenty years of its existence, the Institute offered a high school education and training in various vocations, such as agriculture.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson


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