large grower
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflargeandgrower
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large
adjective
uk/lɑːdʒ/us/lɑːrdʒ/
big in size ...
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grower
noun[C]
uk/ˈɡrəʊ.ər/us/ˈɡroʊ.ɚ/
a person who grows large amounts of a particular plant or crop in order to ...
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(Definition oflargeandgrowerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The grant of one-third is perfectly all right for thelargegrower, the man with capital behind him who can afford an expensive scheme.
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Even thelargegrowerhas difficulty in that direction, and wherever small holdings have been developed success fully, it has been on a co-operative basis.
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The scheme might be inclined to benefit alargegrower, with perhaps rather grandiose schemes which would not be profitable without the grant.
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Is it not possible for alargegrower, who presumably is excused this £5 per acre, to negotiate a scheme and by that means endanger some of the smaller growers?
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Table 1 presents the aggregated pesticide use intensity of large growers (over 80 ha) in both counties in 2000 and their distribution within the use categories.
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The yearly crop restrictions imposed on producers - a feature of the industry since the late 1920s - would continue, but only large growers would have to respect these limitations.
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I am afraid that under an acreage levy those small growers would be subsidising the large growers—or that is their impression.
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If they are all large growers, they pay their acreage levy.
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The cost, although theoretically borne by the large growers and the sugar processors through levies, is reflected in the high prices paid by the consumer.
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Do not the figures on the apples scheme show that it was chiefly the large growers who voted against it?
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