agribusiness

noun

ag·ri·busi·ness ˈa-grə-ˌbiz-nəs

-nəz

: an industry engaged in the producing operations of a farm, the manufacture and distribution of farm equipment and supplies, and the processing, storage, and distribution of farm commodities

Examples of agribusiness in a Sentence

Several large agribusinesses own most of the farms around here.

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Most scientific research on farm animals is funded by agricultural schools focused on industrial practices or is funded by large agribusiness companies themselves. —

Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Nov. 2024 My advice to these agribusiness, biofuels and cooperative professionals is to think about generative AI through a human-first lens. —

Marcus Squier, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 Houellebecq’s next novel, Serotonin, published in 2019, depicted French farmers blocking roads to protest agribusiness and the European Union, whose policies were putting them out of work. —

Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024 Shunned by the military elite that made him, Prabowo joined his younger brother Hashim’s mining and agribusiness empire. —

Charlie Campbell / Jakarta, TIME, 14 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for agribusiness