agriculture
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These experiments found new life in the countercultural communes of the 1960s, which rejected industrial agriculture, seeking instead self-sufficiency through organic farming and limited technology.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
This exceeds the program’s 2023 peak in the county, when 18.1% of all agriculture jobs were filled by H-2A, before wage increases caused many growers to drop out of the program in 2024 and 2025.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
He told Barron’s that although it’s still too early to say how current conditions will affect consumer retail food prices downstream, agriculture is very dependent on weather and climate.
From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026
Precision agriculture depends on large networks of sensors that continuously track soil conditions such as moisture, nutrients and contaminants.
From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026
Inhabitants of those islands developed intensive dryland agriculture requiring a heavy input of labor to build terraces, carry out mulching, rotate crops, reduce or eliminate fallow periods, and maintain tree plantations.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing agriculture
The Industrial Revolution - Introductory
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Down on the Farm
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The United States
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