farming system

  • 91Northern Broadcasting System — logo Northern Broadcasting System was started by former Montana United States Senator Conrad Burns in 1975 as an agricultural broadcast network called the Northern Agricultural Network.[1] Montana s number one industry is agriculture.[2] Burns… …

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  • 92Federal Farm Credit System - FFCS — In the United States, a network of federally chartered financial institutions designed to provide credit related services to the agricultural and farming sectors of the economy. In total, this government sponsored enterprise comprises… …

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  • 93farm system — noun : the several minor league baseball clubs subsidiary to a single major league club; also : the practice of having such subsidiary clubs * * * any small scale or localized network or industry that provides experience and exposure for… …

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  • 94Truck farming — Truck Truck, n. [Cf. F. troc.] 1. Exchange of commodities; barter. Hakluyt. [1913 Webster] 2. Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade; small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden vegetables raised for the market.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 95dairy farming — Form of animal husbandry that uses mammals, primarily cows, for the production of milk and products processed from it (including butter, cheese, and ice cream). Though cattle, goats, and sheep have been kept for the production of dairy products… …

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  • 96factory farming — a system for producing eggs, meat, and milk quickly and cheaply by keeping animals in small closed areas and giving them food which makes them grow quickly. They ve launched a campaign against the abuses of factory farming …

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  • 97mixed farming — noun (U) a system of farming in which you grow crops and keep animals …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 98mixed farming — UK / US noun [uncountable] a system of farming in which you keep animals and grow crops on the same farm …

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  • 99conservation farming — /kɒnsəveɪʃən ˈfamɪŋ/ (say konsuhvayshuhn fahming) noun a system of farming that adopts methods compatible with land and water conservation, thus achieving more sustainable long term productivity …

  • 100factory farming — ► NOUN ▪ a system of rearing poultry, pigs, or cattle indoors intensively and under strictly controlled conditions …

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