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farmers

NOUN

person who produces crops, raises animals

Synonyms

STRONGEST

grower laborer peasant producer rancher

STRONG

agriculturalist agriculturist agronomist breeder clodhopper cob cropper cultivator feeder gardener gleaner harvester homesteader horticulturist planter plower reaper sharecropper sower tender tiller villein

WEAK

country person grazer hired hand

Example Sentences

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"The shift from 30% pulp recovery in wild varieties to 70% recovery in hybrids like Arka Sahan has effectively doubled the usable harvest for farmers without needing more land," Sakthivel says.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Farmland Partners, a farm real-estate trust and lender, also noted the pressures on farmers and said it was taking additional reserves of about $1.8 million for potential losses on loans.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Ashoka Shivareddy comes from a family of farmers, but it was hard to make a living in their drought-prone district of Kolar in southern India.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

For smaller farmers in particular, higher costs or lower commodity prices can mean the difference between a profit and loss.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

If crops failed or prices for tobacco and wheat fell, as they often did, farmers went into debt.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis