farming operation

collocation in English

meaningsoffarmingandoperation

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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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operation
noun
uk
/ˌɒp.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɑː.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/
the fact of operating or ...
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(Definition offarmingandoperationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffarming operation

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Many small and mid-sized agricultural producers are concerned about economic sustainability of theirfarmingoperation.
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Payment methods are determined not only by the size and ownership characteristics of farms, but also by the crop and thefarmingoperation.
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The burning of stubble is sometimes an absolute prerequisite and sometimes essential in afarmingoperation.
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It is not a difficult thing to have accounts kept for each separatefarmingoperation.
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One cannot sell part of a farm without destroying the wholefarmingoperation.
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He then launched hisfarmingoperation.
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We seek in the long term to remove the barriers to letting the excellence and efficiency of ourfarmingoperationhave its particular way.
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Without an annual valuation it is quite impassible to say whether the result of any year'sfarmingoperationhas been a loss or a profit.
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In certain cases it has been held that the growing of potatoes in a market gardening and not afarmingoperation.
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The farmer is allowed twelve months in which to hobby farm, provided that on the last day he turns it into a genuinefarmingoperation.
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To describe this as meaning that you have to get permission before you attempt anyfarmingoperation, is really not serious discussion at all.
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Theirfarmingoperationincludes contract swine finishing and raising cattle and goats for meat production.
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The village consists of single family residences, some of which are part of afarmingoperation.
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Farm and in subsequent years converted it into a dairyfarmingoperation.
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Thefarmingoperationfailed to materialise due to lack of financial support from the government.
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I think it is rather idle to speak of its being possible to know by that time whether thefarmingoperationhad been a success or a failure.
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Dealers make no contribution to farming in my estimation; they do not involve the animals in a genuinefarmingoperationand simply trade them as commodities.
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Freshwater sawfish have been caught in its shallow waters to feed the crocodiles in afarmingoperation.
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Since healthy topsoil is critical to sustainable dryland agriculture, its preservation is generally considered the most important long-term goal of a drylandfarmingoperation.
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The suburb was farmland until development began in the 1990s; a largefarmingoperationstill takes place in the land between sections today.
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By raising the turtle in afarmingoperation, the investors could raise turtle-meat for consumption without depleting the wild population of the species.
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