wheat farming

collocation in English

meaningsofwheatandfarming

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wheat
noun[U]
uk
/wiːt/us
/wiːt/
a plant whose yellowish-brown grain is used for making flour, or the ...
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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 ofwheatandfarmingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwheat farming

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The expansion ofwheatfarmingin the lowlands has forced the pastoralists to move deeper into t he lowlands.
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The lowlands, with large tracts of flat and relatively fertile land coupled with adequate rainfall, provided ideal conditions for the adoption of large-scalewheatfarming.
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In the most arid regions, where large scalewheatfarminghad predominated during the 1920s, allotment payments ensured survival.
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The commercial farmers' revenue stream was primarily fromwheatfarming, while the subsistence farmers relied on a combination of on-farm products as well as off-farm labor.
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Do crop rotation and green manuring have a place in thewheatfarmingsystems of the warmer areas?
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Many of the above factors can be summarized under the broad heading of the ' fit ' of the improved variety to the existingwheatfarmingsystem.
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It is no good saying that it is not going to encouragewheatfarming, because it is going to do so.
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There are areas, it is true, wherewheatfarmingis almost a necessity for the cultivation of certain types of land.
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It is calculated that under this arrangement the farmer will receive £8 per acre for hiswheatfarming.
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I never remember hearing thatwheatfarmingin this country was not in a difficult position.
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I am told thatwheatfarmingcosts as much as £9 an acre.
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That has been true, in a tragic degree, with regard towheatfarming.
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You do not expect us to pay additional wages because a few farmers in other counties are making a good thing out ofwheatfarming.
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The position in regard towheatfarmingin this country to-day is absolutely parallel to the position of the coach industry at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
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Norrie is perhaps best known for his work with prairiewheatfarming.
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Aswheatfarmingexpanded, the demand for mills and farm equipment grew.
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Six hundred views of ranch life, particularlywheatfarming, document the ranchers, their homes, itinerant laborers, and their work in the fields.
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The region has been used for extensivewheatfarming, in addition rice, cotton, sugarcane, fruit and vegetables are also grown.
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It was more intensively settled forwheatfarmingfrom 1908, when overseas demand for wheat increased in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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The area around the project is used primarily for private farming, including drylandwheatfarmingand cattle grazing.
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