farm
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Diesel that is used “off road”—in farm equipment or for heating purposes, for example—isn’t subject to those taxes, and is dyed red to distinguish it from taxable product.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The wheat harvest on Charles Day's family farm in Gloucestershire was cut in half.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Agriculture are requesting information from the public regarding the farm equipment market.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
He also worked in the farm fields with his dad and sometimes with his uncles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Even though his family’s farm was next door to ours, it was still a hike to get there.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
The road passes through a sparsely populated area of farms, forests and lochs.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Members of the Amish community call the county home, riding horse-drawn buggies and operating farms with chickens, pigs, cows and horses on their properties just outside of the city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
They’ve popped up in barns and on farms, in strip malls between an antique shop and an ax-throwing business and in churches, where lighting and sound for worship services is part of the curriculum.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
But even in 2026, Abuja can still look half-built, its pockmarked downtown home to modern office buildings alongside empty lots and even farms that pre-date its founding.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
After the girls handed it back to me, I looked at the map more closely and I saw once again that there were no houses or farms between us and Hacienda Dorada.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Arable land farmed by a family for about 80 years is to be restored to an orchard and wildlife area.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
It was a traumatic time for a man who had farmed his whole life, and it was hard watching his neighbours tend to their cows.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Researchers are using species recently approved for human consumption as models and comparing the genomes of farmed insects with those of pre-domestication individuals preserved in entomological collections.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
We skirted Penny Island, where native Pomo people lived and farmed for generations before immigrants from Europe arrived.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Those who tended stock, like Einar, or who farmed, like Andras, or all of the village fishermen—they knew the sky.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
The biggest pressures come from farming, which can destroy the habitats wildlife depends on, and burning fossil fuels for energy, which drives climate change.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Brazil’s booming agribusiness sector, fueled by soaring Chinese demand for Brazilian soybeans, beef and other commodities, has also given greater economic and political clout to the country’s conservative farming heartland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Industry officials blamed typhoons, which hit key ube farming regions.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
The tech mogul has since updated the hotels and added improvements to the island, such as some farming operations, with an eye toward turning the island into a sustainable mecca.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
There were pages and pages of hits, mostly about farming, fisheries, and wildlife.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
