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crop farming

NOUN
subsistence farming
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Norah Lake, the owner and farmer at Vermont's Sweetland Farms, says to get a successful harvest, "there's a lot of looking forward and then backwards and then forwards and then backwards in crop farming".

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

Rosenberg and David Bird, a professor emeritus of wildlife biology at McGill University, said the study contributes to the understanding of the negative effects of intensive single crop farming.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2023

Bohnenkamp said Nelson started his career in agriculture as a cattle rancher, but eventually switched to crop farming.

From Washington Times • Sep. 12, 2020

But as ranching, crop farming and other forms of development encroach on tropical forests, these fearsome predators are losing ground.

From Scientific American • Jun. 19, 2018

Having no profession, and hating trade in any form, the choice was limited and confined to live stock or crop farming of one kind or another.

From Ranching, Sport and Travel by Carson, Thomas




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