Definition of agriculture

Definitions

Noun

a large-scale farming enterprise

Noun

the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

Noun

the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862

Noun

the class of people engaged in growing food

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Synonyms

agribusiness Agriculture Department Department of Agriculture factory farm farming husbandry USDA

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More General Terms

business business enterprise class commercial enterprise cultivation executive department social class socio-economic class stratum

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More Specific Terms

animal husbandry aquiculture arboriculture dairy farming dairying gardening horticulture hydroponics mixed farming planting ranching strip cropping subsistence farming tank farming tree farming truck farming

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