poultry farming

collocation in English

meaningsofpoultryandfarming

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poultry
noun[plural]
uk
/ˈpəʊl.tri/us
/ˈpoʊl.tri/
birds, such as chickens, that are bred for their eggs ...
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farming
noun[U]
uk
/ˈfɑː.mɪŋ/us
/ˈfɑːr.mɪŋ/
the activity of working on a farm or organizing the ...
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(Definition ofpoultryandfarmingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Women also engage in other economic activities, such as food processing, trading, sewing, selling clothes andpoultryfarming.
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The frequency of activities like vegetable growing andpoultryfarmingamong the old guard was high.
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However, since the mid-1980s, commercialpoultryfarminghas increased and became another important industry.
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After an initial stage of uniformity, family farms began to diversify with the passage of time and with the introduction ofpoultryfarmingor of cattle breeding.
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No comprehensive records are kept, but since 1984 approximately 14 representations have been received about the environmental impact ofpoultryfarming.
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You includepoultryfarming, market gardening, orchards, allotments, allotment gardens and woodlands, and you might even include graveyards.
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There is in fact a powerful desire among consumers for free-rangepoultryfarmingof various kinds.
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Then there is the case of a young man whom we equipped forpoultryfarming.
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Poultryfarmingon a small scale is useless.
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Some countries have adopted rigorous veterinary measures, restricted open-airpoultryfarmingand banned trade fairs.
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During the debate we drifted into comparisons betweenpoultryfarmingtoday and that which existed in the past.
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We ought to consider plans to decentralisepoultryfarmingand return to using natural feeding methods.
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Perhaps, also, there could even be intensivepoultryfarmingin certain high tourist areas.
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I should like to say a word now with regard topoultryfarming.
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I want to know what is happening in respect of the reduction in employment inpoultryfarmingin my constituency and others.
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Someone who uses terriers underground to savepoultryfarming, which suffers terrible depredations from foxes, will go to prison.
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They should go in for things like smallholdings,poultryfarming, rabbit farming, wood carving, die making, gardening, dyeing, wool carding, and home weaving.
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He has a mixed farm, has been inpoultryfarmingfor many years, and it suits the balance of his farming to stay in it.
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There are real, intrinsic possibilities of developing large-scalepoultryfarming.
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