| crops |
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| agriculture |
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| farmhand |
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| fallow |
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| to plow |
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| to sow |
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| to plant |
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| to irrigate |
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| to till |
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| to rotate (crops) |
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| to clear (land) |
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Plow the fields.
This year we planted tomatoes and eggplant.
The farmer uses a tractor to pull the plough.
They rotate crops to maintain soil fertility.
The land was cleared to create new farmland.
The farmer decided to lay fallow the field for a year to restore its nutrients.
You reap what you sow.
| fertilizer |
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| manure |
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| fertile |
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Close to the river the soil is very fertile.
Silos are used to store grain.
We gathered the apples from the orchard.
Separate the wheat from the chaff.
Like finding a needle in a haystack.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
The field workers picked peaches.
These olives were picked by hand.
| pest |
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| pesticide |
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| insecticide |
m. |
| herbicide |
m. |
| organic |
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| blight |
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| locust |
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Organic farms do not use synthetic pesticides.
The farmer sprayed the crops to treat them for pests.
| ranch |
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| ranch hand |
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| cattle rustler |
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| to brand |
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| to graze |
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| to feed |
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| to fence |
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The cowboys rounded up the cattle to brand them.
The sheep are kept in a pen near the barn.
The cattle graze in the pasture all day.
The farmer feeds the animals twice a day.
They fenced the property to keep the livestock safe.
No Trespassing!
Till the cows come home
You can argue with him till the cows come home, but he’ll never change his mind.
The rubber plantation stretched for miles through the rainforest.