agriculture
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Major arteries for trade and agriculture across the continent are now at record low levels, disrupting freight transportation, forcing nuclear power plants to shut reactors and eroding agricultural productivity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Alongside the hot weather, the government said "the efforts of the Action for Cleaner Water group and agriculture industry to reduce nitrate use on fields will support the reduction of build-up".
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
In agriculture, fertilizers can be enclosed inside PHA beads that gradually release their contents as the plastic breaks down.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
It was Straus who believed legal action might keep agriculture on the peninsula and suggested the Nimans consult an attorney.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Finally, peoples of some areas ecologically suitable for food production neither evolved nor acquired agriculture in prehistoric times at all; they persisted as hunter-gatherers until the modern world finally swept upon them.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing agriculture
The Industrial Revolution - Introductory
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Down on the Farm
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The United States
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