How to Use agriculture in a Sentence

agriculture

noun

• They cleared the land to use it for agriculture.
• Modern agriculture wasn’t built on weird weather patterns.
  — Dharna Noor, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Feb. 2023
• In agriculture drones are also being used in a battle – in that case against yield-robbing pests (insects, weeds, diseases).
  — Steven Savage, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
• Some farmers, who might well cut down forest land, practice subsistence agriculture and own little more than an acre of avocado.
  — The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2023
• Representatives for the agriculture agency did not respond to a request for comment Friday.
  — Katie Rice, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2023
• Like many throughout the country, Miller wonders if stricter laws are needed to bar farmland sales to foreign nationals so power over agriculture and the food supply doesn't end up in the wrong hands.
  — CBS News, 8 Feb. 2023
• The fair is home to more than an acre of agriculture exhibits, with opportunities for engaging education and entertainment.
  — Laura Drummond, Country Living, 23 Feb. 2023
• Great wine is tied to finite pieces of land and to the rhythms of agriculture.
  — Eric Asimov, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2020
• Mayo has deep roots of her own in food and agriculture.
  — Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 23 Apr. 2018
• The threat to agriculture comes as the Philippines tries to cope with rice shortages.
  — Fox News, 13 Sep. 2018
• Ehrlich and the Paddocks were wrong about the future of agriculture.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021
• The problems are much more to agriculture and sea rise.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 30 Apr. 2018
• In the basin as a whole, agriculture uses 80% of the river’s water.
  — Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 June 2022
• Some water is used in the city, but much of it goes to supply agriculture.
  — Ian Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2022
• What worked for pharma should work for agriculture, too, the CEO says.
  — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 26 June 2020
• But even groups with nothing to do with agriculture kicked in.
  — Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Nov. 2023
• Men and women who had worked in agriculture were now serving in the armed forces.
  — Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, 15 May 2020
• That appeals to me as a dairy farmer and woman in agriculture.
  — Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2021
• You guys get it … agriculture is the backbone of this nation.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2022
• The rainfall also had a big impact for much of the agriculture industry in the south.
  — Jim Foerster, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021
• There’s tons of agriculture in the area, but most restaurants don’t use local stuff.
  — Anna Aguillard, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2016
• Indian agriculture has been in a state of crisis for the past two decades or more.
  — Surinder S. Jodhka, Quartz, 3 June 2021
• The less water that goes toward agriculture, the more that's left over for drinking.
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 24 Mar. 2023
• That suggests to me a need to transform our food and agriculture system.
  — Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2021
• There were schools, livestock, agriculture, dozens of wives, even more kids.
  — National Geographic, 16 July 2019
• Many of the town’s 8,000 residents work in agriculture.
  — Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2023
• Farm workers and those working in agriculture are at the highest risk of bird flu.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 24 May 2024
• Though agriculture is a big problem, that doesn’t mean industry doesn’t share in the blame.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Mar. 2022
• His secretary of agriculture, Tom Vilsack, said the money is a sign of the President’s investment in Wisconsin.
  — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2024
• The agency has a number of programs in place to facilitate the growth of sustainable agriculture and regenerative farming.
  — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 6 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Sep 2024