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• n  a large-scale farming enterprise
• n  the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
• n  the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862
• n  the class of people engaged in growing food

• The American Farm Bureau Federation has long waged a gallantand losingwar against heavy-handed Government controls on agriculture.
• Adding another former rival to his administration, Barack Obama has nominated former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack to be the next secretary of agriculture.
• AGRICULTURE Prospect: Foot-Dragging "There has been more change in agriculture within the lifetime of men now living than in the previous 2,000 years," said.

• agribusiness
• factory farm
• farming
• husbandry
• Department of Agriculture
• Agriculture Department
• Agriculture
• USDA

News & Articles

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• Agriculture a key player in Oregon Counties
  By KTVL Staff/KTVL.com MEDFORD, Ore -- Oregon's agriculture sales were up 3.4 percent in 2012. Sales pulled in $5.8 billion, a record high for the state. One county in our region, Klamath County, made the top 10 list for dollars pulled in. ...
  June 13, 2013 - KTVL Medford
• Media Advisory: Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz to Discuss Trade Mission to Hong Kong and China
  On Friday, June 14, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz will be available to speak to media via teleconference about his agriculture trade mission to Hong Kong and China.
  June 13, 2013 - Marketwired via Yahoo! Finance
• Agriculture industry struggling to recover from drought
  Amarillo, Texas - The drought continues to cause big problems in the Texas panhandle. Since the major drought in 2011 the agriculture industry has struggled to recover.
  June 13, 2013 - KFDA-TV Amarillo

Quotes

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• Ann M Veneman in Business Mirror
  Global commitments on food security, nutrition and sustainable agriculture are part of a wider agenda that will help address the critical issues raised in this report,Unicef Executive Director Ann Veneman said.
• Andrew Halcro in Corpus Christi Caller Times
  She did such a great job with the glittering generalities and filling the room with her presence that people didn't care what she said about agriculture,Halcro said. "Palin's a master at spending 45 seconds telling you what color the sky...
• Rick Perry in ABC News
  The EPA's misguided plan paints a big target on the backs of Texas agriculture and energy producers and the hundreds of thousands of Texans they employ,Gov. Rick Perry said. "This legal action is being taken to protect the Texas economy...