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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At the edge of Hardwick, an eight-million-dollar visitors’ center and agribusiness incubator recently opened, to mixed reception.
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Chelsea Edgar, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2025
Iowa’s agricultural zoning and permitting laws are written by the state legislature and carried out by the state’s Department of Natural Resources, each of which have close ties to Iowa’s powerful agribusiness lobby — as does Iowa’s governor and secretary of agriculture.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 23 Jan. 2025
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is known to be friendly to agribusiness and knows that transparency about the harsh realities of infectious disease outbreaks would diminish consumer trust and threaten its prime directive: To expand markets for producers.
—Crystal Heath and Gene Baur, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
Another one that lost ground was agribusiness giant Cargill.
—Andrea Murphy, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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Chelsea Edgar, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2025
Iowa’s agricultural zoning and permitting laws are written by the state legislature and carried out by the state’s Department of Natural Resources, each of which have close ties to Iowa’s powerful agribusiness lobby — as does Iowa’s governor and secretary of agriculture.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 23 Jan. 2025
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is known to be friendly to agribusiness and knows that transparency about the harsh realities of infectious disease outbreaks would diminish consumer trust and threaten its prime directive: To expand markets for producers.
—Crystal Heath and Gene Baur, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
Another one that lost ground was agribusiness giant Cargill.
—Andrea Murphy, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Agribusiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agribusiness. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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