agriculture
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Devgan-Kacker pointed to Ventura County’s agriculture industry, saying it depends on a stable workforce and that broad deportation of nonviolent residents is not a substitute for comprehensive reform of the immigration system.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
But the country's forests are still threatened by agriculture, which remains the largest driver of forest loss to make room for soy fields and cattle ranches.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
About 67,000 people work in agriculture in Scotland, according to the Scottish Agricultural Census.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
Monsanto revolutionized American agriculture by developing the powerful herbicide.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
While Aboriginal Australians and many Native Americans remained hunter-gatherers, most of Eurasia and much of the Americas and sub-Saharan Africa gradually developed agriculture, herding, metallurgy, and complex political organization.
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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