farm machinery

collocation in English

meaningsoffarmandmachinery

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farm
noun[C]
uk
/fɑːm/us
/fɑːrm/
an area of land, together with a house and buildings, used for growing crops and/or keeping animals as ...
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machinery
noun[U]
uk
/məˈʃiː.nər.i/us
/məˈʃiː.nɚ.i/
a group of large machines or the parts of a machine that make ...
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(Definition offarmandmachineryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffarm machinery

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Throughout the industrial revolution, innovations infarmmachineryhave dramatically decreased labor demands and improved the efficiency and effectiveness of field operations.
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It did not diversify or specialise in certain crops, nor did it lower production costs through mechanisation or the collective use offarmmachinery.
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Technicians in 1951 helped establish cooperatives and made arrangements to purchasefarmmachinerythat could be used by all the farmers.
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For example, if a farmer shifted from wheat to corn,farmmachinerythat could only be used on wheat would have to be abandoned.
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Moreover, the rise in family-operated small holdings, widespread use offarmmachinery, and increased access to urban jobs has contributed to this change.
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The expansion of wheat planting had a favourable impact on the depressedfarmmachinerysector.
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These included a negative reaction tofarmmachineryin a land with many laborers, problems training machinery operators, and language barriers.
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However, in practice, mostfarmmachineryhas an expected lifetime of only five to ten years.
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Many farmers were in debt to banks or insurance companies, and also tofarmmachinerysuppliers.
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As most of the state's farmers faced extremely difficult circumstances throughout the 1930s, this considerable investment infarmmachinerycalls for an explanation.
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Energy consumption should account for all energy inputs, including energy to manufacturefarmmachinery, fertilizer, pesticides and energy embodied in liquid fuels and seed.
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However, the actual responses in terms of planting strategies andfarmmachinerypurchases are complex and only evident once the analysis is conducted at the county level.
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Most peasants could not read and while some were successfully trained to operate the deep wells, it was almost impossible to find people to drive and maintain thefarmmachinery.
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I saw in that newspaper thatfarmmachineryrepairs and hire are not an agricultural activity.
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I am worried that farm workers may get a bit too casual withfarmmachinery.
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The annual cost of newfarmmachineryis calculated as the cost to farmers at the farm-gate.
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Whether we examine the investment in buildings,farmmachineryor, most worrying of all, livestock breeding herds, we find that investment has fallen.
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In particular, the more complicatedfarmmachinerybecomes, the more potentially dangerous it is.
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I am not sure about puttingfarmmachineryacross public rights of way as a solution.
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Is not its experience confined to bulls and pigs, to tractors, and the noise levels offarmmachinery?
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