agriculture
noun
ag·ri·cul·ture
ˈa-gri-ˌkəl-chər 
: the science, art, or practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock and in varying degrees the preparation and marketing of the resulting products
cleared the land to use it for agriculture
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They cleared the land to use it for agriculture.
the forest was cut down, and the land given over to agriculture
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Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025
These metrics are simple, scalable, and better aligned with the ecological goals of regenerative agriculture.
—Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Farm provisions: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act has agriculture provisions that would normally be included in the farm bill, and could run afoul of the Byrd rule.
—Morgan Kromer, The Washington Examiner, 5 June 2025
And not only is the conversion of natural land into farmland and rangeland the leading driver of deforestation; agriculture is responsible for much of the world’s water shortages, water pollution, wetland destruction, and biodiversity loss.
—Michael Grunwald, The Atlantic, 3 June 2025
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“Agriculture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agriculture. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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agriculture
noun
ag·ri·cul·ture
ˈag-ri-ˌkəl-chər
: the science or occupation of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock : farming
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