agribusiness

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Recent Examples of agribusiness 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 Not even farmers, when agribusiness destroyed their livelihoods in the 1950s, degraded themselves by lamenting unharvested ears of content. Joel Stein, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Jan. 2025 Republicans still reign supreme in fossil fuels, fast food, and agribusiness, while Democrats retain their bases in organized labor, education, and the public sector. Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for agribusiness 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agribusiness
Noun
  • Image Educated in agronomy, Mr. Mondlane has a diverse résumé.
    Tavares Cebola, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
  • This decline was due to lower oilseed processing margins and decreased agronomy product prices.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Monday is agriculture day, highlighting Meeker County’s dairy industry with planned visits to Schiefelbein farm and Ahlgren Dairy, Jomas Hill Vineyard and Winery, Ru-Be Dairy and First District Association.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The Trom’s family story, along with the story of how factory farms have reshaped US agriculture, are recounted in Trom Eayrs’s compelling new book, Dodge County, Incorporated: Big Ag and the Undoing of Rural America.
    Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Real Estate and Infrastructure: Profitable Opportunities Cannabis legalization has sparked significant demand for specialized real estate, such as cultivation facilities, retail dispensaries, and distribution centers.
    Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Moldova has traces of grape cultivation stretching back thousands of years, and started exporting wine to Russia in large volumes in the 14th century.
    Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Tim Johnson is senior director of horticulture at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
    Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Most of the peat that is extracted in Scotland is used in horticulture as compost to grow things like mushrooms, lettuce and houseplants.
    Toby Ann Halamka, JSTOR Daily, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Click here to buy Vita Coco Not only is Vita Coco a tasty and hydrating drink, but the company is committed to responsible sourcing through its Vita Coco Project, which helps support coconut farming communities all over the world.
    Kayleigh Drake, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2025
  • While states have the right to regulate certain farming practices within their borders, California took it a step further.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In her later years, Alice discovered the craft of gardening and computers.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The 10-year-old Carnoustie and Monifieth Men’s Shed is run by local volunteers who meet weekly to lead activities like woodwork, crafting and gardening.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Since then, the group has implemented land restoration, reforestation and agroecology projects for approximately 800 Indigenous communities in Chad and Niger.
    Eduardo Garcia, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
  • In the United States, some nonprofits such as the Traditional Native American Farmers Association have sought to promote agroecology.
    Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2024
Noun
  • John Deere’s first-generation tractors were designed specifically for the slowest and easiest works, which is fall tillage with a chisel file.
    Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Farmers and policy-makers are advocating for sustainable agricultural practices such as cover cropping and reduced tillage.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024

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