farmers

NOUN

person who produces crops, raises animals

Synonyms

STRONGEST

grower laborer peasant producer rancher

STRONG

agriculturalist agriculturist agronomist breeder clodhopper cob cropper cultivator feeder gardener gleaner harvester homesteader horticulturist planter plower reaper sharecropper sower tender tiller villein

WEAK

country person grazer hired hand

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farmers

"Most farmers have been living on a very thin edge of profitability," said Logan, 77, himself a soybean, corn and wheat farmer.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

"There are farmers really flailing away" and drastically concerned about fuel costs, Joe Logan, interim president of the Ohio Farmers Union, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Corn belt farmers are in the process of harvesting their fields, with harvesting expected to continue into November.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

"Food security is national security and one of the Prime Minister's first visits was meeting farmers hit by drought and dry weather, announcing a £65m package."

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

No matter what Pa might be saying to Mr. Carter that morning, he had to be echoing a passel of other farmers.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye