agronomy

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Recent Examples of agronomy Call it spiritual agronomy for short — or call it whack-a-doodle nonsense — but either way, biodynamics is a force in the wine world. Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2024 Rick Messina, 57, a member of El Conquistador Golf's agronomy team since 2022, was mowing the rough of the Pusch Ridge Golf Course's 8th hole on the morning of Monday, June 24, when he was attacked by a traveling swarm of bees, according to a statement from the golf course. Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2024 Employee was ‘dedicated’ and ‘cherished’ at golf course Messina was 57 years old and worked for El Conquistador Golf’s agronomy team since July 2022, the company told USA TODAY. Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 10 July 2024 The club’s agronomy team has about 30 staffers, and for the Travelers about 30 more, some professionals, some volunteers, are brought in for such emergencies. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for agronomy 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agronomy
Noun
  • At the edge of Hardwick, an eight-million-dollar visitors’ center and agribusiness incubator recently opened, to mixed reception.
    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
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
  • The fuel propelling MicroStrategy’s success is its embrace and cultivation of volatility, the defining characteristic of its core asset.
    Nina Bambysheva, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2025
  • In states like California and Colorado, the demand for cannabis cultivation spaces has led to a boom in real estate prices for industrial properties.
    Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
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
  • 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
Noun
  • Last week, gangs attacked downtown Port-au-Prince and farming communities in the mountains above the capital, cutting off the last remaining access to the south.
    Jacqueline Charles Miami Herald (TNS), arkansasonline.com, 2 Feb. 2025
  • In September 2024 alongside her husband and mother, Maddie announced her endeavor into homesteading and farming by launching Taeda Farms.
    Jane LaCroix, People.com, 1 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

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“Agronomy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agronomy. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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