Definitions for FARMING
ˈfɑr mɪŋfarm·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. farming, agriculture, husbandrynoun

   the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

2. farming, landadjective

   agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life

   "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more"

3. agrarian, agricultural, farming(a)adjective

   relating to rural matters

   "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming communities"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. farmingnoun

   The business of cultivating land, raising stocks etc.

2. farmingadjective

   Pertaining to the agricultural business.

3. farmingadjective

   Raising livestock or fish.

4. Etymology: From farm + -ing

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1. farming

   Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to live in cities. While humans started gathering grains at least 105,000 years ago, nascent farmers only began planting them around 11,500 years ago. Sheep, goats, pigs and cattle were domesticated around 10,000 years ago. Plants were independently cultivated in at least 11 regions of the world. In the twentieth century, industrial agriculture based on large-scale monocultures came to dominate agricultural output. Today, small farms produce about a third of the world’s food, but large farms are prevalent. The largest one percent of farms in the world are greater than 50 hectares and operate more than 70 percent of the world's farmland. Nearly 40 percent of agricultural land is found on farms larger than 1,000 hectares. However, five of every six farms in the world consist of less than two hectares and take up only around 12 percent of all agricultural land. The major agricultural products can be broadly grouped into foods, fibers, fuels, and raw materials (such as rubber). Food classes include cereals (grains), vegetables, fruits, cooking oils, meat, milk, eggs, and fungi. Global agricultural production amounts to approximately 11 billion tonnes of food, 32 million tonnes of natural fibres and 4 billion m3 of wood. However, around 14 percent of the world's food is lost from production before reaching the retail level. Modern agronomy, plant breeding, agrochemicals such as pesticides and fertilizers, and technological developments have sharply increased crop yields, but also contributed to ecological and environmental damage. Selective breeding and modern practices in animal husbandry have similarly increased the output of meat, but have raised concerns about animal welfare and environmental damage. Environmental issues include contributions to climate change, depletion of aquifers, deforestation, antibiotic resistance, and other agricultural pollution. Agriculture is both a cause of and sensitive to environmental degradation, such as biodiversity loss, desertification, soil degradation, and climate change, all of which can cause decreases in crop yield. Genetically modified organisms are widely used, although some countries ban them.

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1. farming

   Farming is the act or process of working the ground, planting seeds, and growing crops or raising livestock as a business or means of livelihood. This practice, also known as agriculture, involves cultivating soil and rearing animals to produce food, fiber, medicinal plants, and other products used to sustain and enhance human life. It can involve different techniques such as organic farming, industrial farming, crop rotation, or irrigation, among others.

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1. Farming

   of Farm

2. Farmingadjective

   pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or engaged in, farming; as, farming tools; farming land; a farming community

3. Farmingnoun

   the business of cultivating land

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. farmingverb

   Verb form of the word farm.

   The farming community worked together.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 26, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'FARMING' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4194

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'FARMING' in Nouns Frequency: #1726

Anagrams for FARMING »

1. framing

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of FARMING in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of FARMING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of FARMING in a Sentence

1. Nick Timm:

   Most of the families that are here have been here a hundred-plus years, mine included, we all came over at the turn of the century to try and farm out here, and a lot of the farming families are still here doing that.

2. Russell Simmons:

   Bernie Sanders is over-promising. He's insensitive to the plight of black people, and what good is it if you don't take lobbyist money and don't acknowledge the No. 1 threat to America and to the world is the factory farming lobby because it is poisoning the planet quickly.

3. Lei Yi:

   Any country hit by African swine fever, be it Vietnam or China, is a blue ocean market for pig farming.

4. Witonze Nzambonipa:

   And all this time the rebels are still farming the land in my village.

5. Jonathan Gold:

   Retail, manufacturing, farming, agriculture, transportation -- anybody who relies on the ports to move their goods both inbound and outbound are being impacted.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=FARMING
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/FARMING
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FARMING
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/FARMING