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Recent Examples of agribusiness
Their construction has provoked ferocious opposition from locals and smaller actors, as well as from environmental activists, who say agribusiness is monopolizing and likely depleting a vital public resource.
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Bartolomeo Sala, The Dial, 27 Mar. 2025
As these global tech giants pour billions into expanding their data storage footprints, amid soaring demand for cloud computing and AI applications, several Malaysian tycoons, including those with roots in agribusinesses, have latched on to this new wave.
—Jonathan Burgos, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Besides real estate, the family’s Sinar Mas group has interests in mining, paper mills, financial services, telecommunications, and agribusiness.
—Yessar Rosendar, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
The rise of agribusiness American egg farms weren't always so big.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 18 Mar. 2025
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Bartolomeo Sala, The Dial, 27 Mar. 2025
As these global tech giants pour billions into expanding their data storage footprints, amid soaring demand for cloud computing and AI applications, several Malaysian tycoons, including those with roots in agribusinesses, have latched on to this new wave.
—Jonathan Burgos, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Besides real estate, the family’s Sinar Mas group has interests in mining, paper mills, financial services, telecommunications, and agribusiness.
—Yessar Rosendar, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
The rise of agribusiness American egg farms weren't always so big.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for agribusiness
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Long before modern agronomy, Fownes was manipulating green speeds, dropping golf balls on slopes to test severity, and pushing boundaries on what was playable.—
Tim Corlett,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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That includes vice president for the board of directors at Arthur Cos., a grain and agronomy business, and managing partner for Arthur Ventures.—
Forum News Service,
Twin Cities,
16 May 2025
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Much of Gaza’s population of over 2 million now relies on such aid after widespread destruction of agriculture and markets as well as a recent Israeli blockade of two and a half months.—
Sam Mednick,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2025
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Farm provisions: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act has agriculture provisions that would normally be included in the farm bill, and could run afoul of the Byrd rule.—
Morgan Kromer,
The Washington Examiner,
5 June 2025
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Some vegetables—like tomatoes and herbs—are cheaper to grow at home due to their high store prices and ease of cultivation, while others are not.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
27 May 2025
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Weed Legalization Plan Regulates Sales Of Recreational Cannabis Under Flynn’s plan, the state would establish an independent commission to oversee the cultivation, processing, testing and sales of cannabis to adults.—
A.J. Herrington,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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Marisa Rademaker, who handles communications at the farm, said the greenhouse initiative fits with the organization’s mission to help participants learn new skills and potentially get jobs in local nurseries or elsewhere in horticulture.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2025
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The club helps students continue their education in the fields of agriculture, horticulture, botany, conservation, and other plant and land management fields.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 May 2025
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This stalls innovation, younger generations abandon farming, and food security suffers.—
Persa Sakellaridi,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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But the island is sparsely populated, largely used for farming and livestock, and the tag needed Apple Bluetooth devices nearby to track her down.—
Kat Lonsdorf,
NPR,
30 May 2025
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Here's a simple way to dry flowers, according to the Royal Horticultural Society, a U.K. gardening charity.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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Contact the Johnson County Extension gardening hotline at 913-715-7050 or email [email protected].—
Markis Hill,
Kansas City Star,
23 May 2025
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Since then, the group has implemented land restoration, reforestation and agroecology projects for approximately 800 Indigenous communities in Chad and Niger.—
Eduardo Garcia,
Forbes,
19 Sep. 2024
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In the United States, some nonprofits such as the Traditional Native American Farmers Association have sought to promote agroecology.—
Cameron Pugh,
The Christian Science Monitor,
21 Mar. 2024
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Eliminate tillage: Most farmers till, or disturb, their soil to get rid of weeds and make the soil more porous, among other things.—
Kenny Torrella,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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Avoid tillage entirely to preserve soil microbiota.—
Christopher Marquis,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Agribusiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agribusiness. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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