farming

Definitions

farm (to work the land) + -ing (the ongoing activity) = the whole practice of cultivating land and raising livestock. Combines with descriptors for modern subtypes: organic farming, dairy farming, fish farming.

Common Collocations

• 1.organic farming有机农业
• 2.dairy farming奶牛养殖
• 3.intensive farming集约化农业
• 4.fish farming水产养殖

Example Sentences

• 1.

  Organic farming avoids synthetic pesticides and fertilizers.

• 2.

  Many young people are leaving farming for city jobs.