farmingfarm‧ing /ˈfɑːmɪŋ $ ˈfɑːr-/ ●●○ noun [uncountable] 
the farming industry
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Gods whose ways co-existed with farming and nature now functioned all the better in the guise of saints.
- In the wettest and wildest parts of the marshes, fishing and fowling replaced more organized farming.
- Livestock Livestock farming has been seriously affected by the need to produce so much so quickly.
- No wonder they had let the army take over this area; it was worth nothing for farming.
- Originally North Dalton was a self-supporting agricultural village with farming being the only means of employment.
- She will most probably be involved in agriculture, in subsistence farming of crops like rice.
- They found that the proposals would result in net farming incomes falling by an estimated £11,000 or £12,000.
- They said they didn't have strong views on intensive farming.
WORD SETS
agrarian, adjectiveagribusiness, nounagro-, prefixagro-industry, nounanimal husbandry, nounanimal rights, nounartificial insemination, nounbale, nounbale, verbbarn, nounbarnyard, nounbattery, nounbiotechnology, nounbreadbasket, nounbreed, verbbreeding, nounbroiler, nounbroiler chicken, nounBSE, nounbuckaroo, nounbull, nounbutcher, verbbyre, nouncapon, nouncattleman, nouncattle market, nouncattle prod, nounchaff, nounchicken, nounchicken run, nouncollective farm, nouncoop, nounco-op, nouncorral, nouncorral, verbcowboy, nouncowgirl, nouncowhand, nouncowpoke, nouncreamery, nouncroft, nouncrofter, nouncrofting, nouncultivate, verbcultivation, noundairy, noundairy cattle, noundairy farm, noundairymaid, noundairyman, nounDDT, noundip, verbdip, noundirt farmer, noundrover, noundry-stone wall, noundude ranch, nounDutch barn, nounextensive agriculture, factory farming, nounfallow, adjectivefarm, nounfarm, verbfarmer, nounfarmhand, nounfarmhouse, nounfarming, nounfarmland, nounfarmstead, nounfarmyard, nounfeedstock, nounfield, nounfishery, nounfish farm, nounfish meal, nounflail, verbflail, nounfleece, nounfodder, nounfold, nounfoot and mouth disease, nounforage, nounfowl, nounfree-range, adjectivefungicide, noungamekeeper, noungeld, verbgenetically modified, adjectivegentleman farmer, nounGM, adjectivegoatherd, noungraft, noungraft, verbgranary, noungreenhouse, noungreen revolution, nounGreen Revolution, nounhacienda, nounharrow, nounhatchery, nounhayloft, nounhaymaking, nounhaystack, nounheifer, nounhen house, nounherbicide, nounherd, nounherd, verbherdsman, nounhigh-yield, adjectivehired hand, nounhomestead, nounhomestead, verbhopper, nounhorticulture, nounhusbandry, nounhutch, nouninsecticide, nounintensive agriculture, irrigate, verbJersey, nounkibbutz, nounlamb, verbland agent, nounlasso, nounlasso, verblift, verblitter, nounlivestock, nounlonghorn, nounmad cow disease, nounmanure, nounmeat, nounmerino, nounmilk, nounmilk churn, nounmilking machine, nounmilking parlour, nounmilkmaid, nounmixed farming, nounmower, nounmuck, nounmuckheap, nounnursery, nounoast house, nounorangery, nounorchard, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic farming, paddock, nounpaddy, nounpasturage, nounpasture, nounpasture, verbpastureland, nounpen, nounperpendicular, adjectivepest, nounpesticide, nounpiggery, nounpigpen, nounpigsty, nounpigswill, nounpitchfork, nounplantation, nounplanter, nounplough, nounplough, verbploughboy, nounploughman, nounploughshare, nounpoultry, nounproducer, nounpullet, nounPYO, raise, verbranch, nounrancher, nounranching, nounrange, nounranger, nounrear, verbrick, nounrubber, nounrun, nounrustle, verbscarecrow, nounscythe, nounsharecropper, nounshare-cropper, nounshear, verbshearer, nounsheep-dip, nounsheepdog, nounsheep-pen, nounshepherd, nounshepherdess, nounsickle, nounsilage, nounsilo, nounslaughter, verbslaughterhouse, nounsmallholding, nounsow, verbsow, nounsprayer, nounstable, nounstable, verbstable boy, nounstall, nounstation, nounsteer, nounstock, nounstockbreeder, nounstockman, nounstockyard, nounstubble, nounsty, nounswill, nounswine, nounswineherd, nountenant farmer, nounterrace, nounthresh, verbthreshing machine, nountractor, nountrough, nountruck farm, nountrue, adverbudder, nounvillein, nounvineyard, nounweedkiller, nounweevil, nounwheat, nounwheatgerm, nounwheatmeal, nounwinnow, verbwool, nounwrangler, nounyoke, nounyoke, verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a ban on fur farming (=keeping and killing animals for their fur)
· a small farming community of about 1,000 inhabitants
· To the east is an area of rich farming country.
a ban on fur farming (=keeping and killing animals for their fur)· Farming methods have changed a lot over the last 100 years.
(=farming without using artificial chemicals)· the environmental benefits of organic farming
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· The Thatcher government has opposed planning controls over agriculture that could have stopped the spread of intensive arable farming.· These were in contrast to upland permanent pasture, where arable farming could only be undertaken infrequently, in special circumstances.· It was no accident that a good many towns were sited on the borderline between arable farming and pastoral regions.· The hedgerows and pasture where the owls hunt their prey are disappearing as farmers create bigger fields for intensive arable farming.· In the best cereal-growing areas, arable farming may dominate the scene, with animals and grass taking second place.· In the steepest, wettest areas, stock-rearing takes complete precedence, and little, if any, arable farming is undertaken.· Local drainage authorities have continued to lower water levels for intensive arable and cattle farming despite warnings from environmentalists.
· But throughout Britain the system is one of commercial farming.· In addition to such high and non-liquid capital assets the investment requirements of modern commercial farming are considerable.
· The Thatcher government has opposed planning controls over agriculture that could have stopped the spread of intensive arable farming.· They said they didn't have strong views on intensive farming.· Our increase in intensive farming has brought with it an increase in outbreaks of food poisoning.· Yet it was clear that intensive farming was not possible on the poor Pomeranian soil.· The hedgerows and pasture where the owls hunt their prey are disappearing as farmers create bigger fields for intensive arable farming.· The current landscape of the site is bleak, suffering from the effects of intensive farming.· In addition to spray drift, intensive farming has a destructive effect on the surrounding fauna and flora.· A countryside under intensive farming which depends on leisure and service industries is a cosmetic, lifeless countryside.
· In addition to such high and non-liquid capital assets the investment requirements of modern commercial farming are considerable.· One may doubt whether modern farming has any useful purpose nowadays when everybody is on a diet.· The difficulty here is that modern methods of farming are highly intensive and sometimes artificial.
· The foundation will also research and develop organic farming techniques.· Some farmers are likely to achieve this by converting to organic farming.· In creating one she has inadvertently made a move towards alternative methods of selling that could have great significance for organic farming.· It is now open to the public as a prize example of how well organic farming can function.· These groups believe that both the Set Aside and Beef Extensification schemes could go one step further and encourage organic farming.· Like organic farming: it was small potatoes.· But as organic farming burgeons, so greater controls on the use of the word are to be introduced.· The most popular method or organic farming is using a multi-culture system in which crops are grown and livestock reared.
· The decline in revenue from traditional farming means that farmers must diversify.· The goods are the traditional end-products of farming.· A few farmers have adhered to or returned to more traditional methods of farming.
NOUN· The Minister said nothing today that will reassure the farming community.· I can not tell the farming community that this will be a short negotiation.· Yet most mines are interspersed with farming communities.
· Criticisms of factory farming have been rehearsed often enough.· Primary education isn't some form of factory farming based on controlled diets of programmes of study and attainment targets.
· The farming industry needs to inform the public about all aspects of their industry and open these up to public discussion.· The fish farming industry has grown from a few hundred tonnes of fish in 1980 to 33,000 tonnes perannum in 1990.· The oyster farming industry, already hit by recession, would face extinction should the proposals be implemented.· The accident threatened an ecological disaster for the remote Shetland Islands and its fishing, tourism and farming industries.· The hon. Gentleman has ceased to have any credibility in the farming industry.· As has been said before, there is a general gloom about the farming industry.
· The introduction of a new support system to encourage public access and conservation-friendly farming methods.· Modern farming methods, particularly in arable crop fields, were thought to be responsible for the declines.· The projections build in the ability of farmers to adapt to climate change by changing crops and farming methods.· They consider that unless the farming methods are tackled, no clothing industry can claim that its product is ecologically sound.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the practice or business of growing crops or keeping animals on a farmsheep/dairy/livestock etc farmingorganic/intensive farming- Its country folk are very much at one with the land.
- Louisa's parents were country folk and believed very much in herbal remedies.
- Sadly, country folk have caught on.
- The big occasion for country folk was the A&P Show.
- The customers were mostly farming folk, a hardworking and hard-drinking set of locals who, in general, were convivial and congenial.
- The difference is essentially one of the spirit and it manifests itself in the habits and attitudes of country folk.
- Umbria is a wonderful region where life is simple and the people are unpretentious country folk.
- About 90 percent of wildflower-rich meadows have disappeared since the Second World War due to intensive agriculture and drainage.
- Also of concern is not only the cost but the amount of fossil energy subsidy required for intensive agriculture.
- Our increase in intensive farming has brought with it an increase in outbreaks of food poisoning.
- The corncrake and marsh fritillary have been the victims of intensive agriculture as ploughing and pesticides destroy habitat and insects.
- The increasing adoption of less intensive agriculture should further encourage a hare recovery.
- They said they didn't have strong views on intensive farming.
- They were replaced by cities dependent on intensive farming to feed them and on great armies to defend them.
- We now realise the importance of hedgerows, of small fields, of clean rivers and of less intensive agriculture.
- In the early l960s Bengali agriculture consisted mainly of subsistence farming.
- It report points out that, in many developing countries, women are primarily responsible for subsistence farming.
- It was there in 1903 that quarrymen went on strike for three and a half years, surviving on subsistence farming.
- Preferential interest rates also favor commercial over subsistence farming in many countries.
- She will most probably be involved in agriculture, in subsistence farming of crops like rice.
- The graphite boom temporarily reduced the social and economic importance of subsistence agriculture in the Low Country.
- This vast, dispersed rural workforce would need, and would receive, only the education needed for manual subsistence farming.
- Wine formed the most important cash crop, while cereal production generally took the form of subsistence farming.
the farming industry