My uncle has been a farmer for 60 years. a young farmer whose family has been growing wheat for many generations
Recent Examples on the WebFor one cotton farmer in Texas, the answer might be to downsize. Emily Baron Cadloff, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2022 Today, not far from Barber’s operation, one farmer recently dumped three pounds of cannabis at the desperation price of $100 a pound. Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2022 Today, not far from Barber’s operation, one farmer recently dumped three pounds of cannabis at the desperation price of $100 a pound. Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2022 Late in the afternoon, the farmer told Frink to fill up the troughs in a field with feed. Eileen Finan, PEOPLE.com, 14 July 2022 IndyStar will feature one unique Indiana farmer, farming operation or approach to farming every Wednesday for the next 10 weeks or so. Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 12 July 2022 And finally, in market economies there is decentralization of production, whereby one farmer does not know what other farmers are doing. Robert Hockett, Forbes, 5 June 2022 One farmer, who owns a hog CAFO in Crawford County, said large-scale farming is one way to ensure there is something to pass on in the future. Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 May 2022 One Indian farmer, straddling a bench at one of the roadside bars in Nepal with two bottles of cheap grain spirit in front of him, said the chief minister wins elections because women vote for him in appreciation of the alcohol ban.New York Times, 19 May 2022 See More
ADJECTIVE➤big, large, large-scale大農場主▸➤small, small-scale小農場主◇a new plan to help the small farmer幫助小農場主的新計劃➤peasant, tenant個體農民;佃農➤poor, subsistence貧窮的/自給自足的農場主◇Settlers were primarily subsistence farmers.定居者主要是自給自足的農場主。➤rich, successful, wealthy富裕的/成功的/富有的農場主➤gentleman, yeoman鄉紳;自耕農◇Jefferson's ideal of a nation of yeoman farmers傑斐遜的由自耕農組成的理想之國➤family (especially NAmE) 個體農場主➤independent獨立的農場主▸➤commercial商業化農民▸➤hill (BrE) 山區農民➤rural鄉下的農場主/農民➤local, neighbouring/neighboring當地的/附近的農民▸➤organic有機農夫➤conventional用傳統方法耕作的農民◇A lot of conventional farmers have converted to organic.許多用傳統方法耕作的農民已改為有機耕作。➤arable, grain (NAmE) 墾作農;種植穀物的農民▸➤livestock飼養家畜的農民▸➤dairy奶牛場主▸➤cattle, chicken, fish, hog, pig, poultry, sheep, etc.養牛、養雞、養魚、養豬、家禽養殖、養羊等業者➤coffee, corn, cotton, peanut, potato, rice, soya bean, soybean, tobacco, wheat, etc.種植咖啡、玉米、棉花、花生、馬鈴薯、水稻、大豆、煙草、小麥等的農民➤truck (NAmE) 菜農