farmers
Agricultural land workers
Farmers are people who work the land, raising crops or livestock for food, fiber, or other products.
The term covers a wide range—from small family operations to managers of industrial agricultural enterprises.
Local farmers sell produce at the weekend market.
Farmers in the region shifted from tobacco to soybeans.
Figuratively, farmer suggests rural simplicity or lack of sophistication.
Agricultural pulling vehicle
- plowTool for turning soil
- tillerBoat steering lever
- hoeWeeding and tilling implement
- combineMerge, or harvesting machine
harvester · thresher · scythe · sickle · baler · harrow · cultivator · subsoiler
Soil preparation for planting
- croppingCutting to resize
- plowingTurning earth for crops
- sowingPlanting for cultivation
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
fertilizers · husbandry · cultivation · harvest · planting · tilling · fields · growing
Amount of land owned
- familyRelated people together
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ancestralOf one's forebears
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
frontier · settlement · landholding · estate · generational · rural · countryside · barn
Cutting crops for collection
- threshingExtracting grain from stalks
- pickingAct of selecting
- gleaningCollecting leftover grain
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
winnowing · yield · bounty · produce · grain · orchard · vineyard · autumn
Milk production industry
- poultryBirds raised for food
- pastoralismMobile livestock husbandry
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
- grazingFeeding on pasture
ranching · herding · cattle · sheep · goats · pigs · barnyard · feedlot
Capacity to endure indefinitely
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- permacultureSustainable ecosystem design method
- agroforestryTrees integrated with farming
tractor
Agricultural pulling vehicle
combine · harvester · thresher · scythe · sickle · baler · harrow · cultivator · subsoiler · rototiller
tillage
Soil preparation for planting
irrigation · fertilizers · husbandry · cultivation · harvest · planting · tilling · fields · growing · seasons
acreage
Amount of land owned
pioneer · frontier · settlement · landholding · estate · generational · rural · countryside · barn · outbuildings
reaping
Cutting crops for collection
gathering · winnowing · yield · bounty · produce · grain · orchard · vineyard · autumn · cornucopia
dairying
Milk production industry
- poultryBirds raised for food
- pastoralismMobile livestock husbandry
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
grazing · ranching · herding · cattle · sheep · goats · pigs · barnyard · feedlot · stockyard
sustainability
Capacity to endure indefinitely
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- permacultureSustainable ecosystem design method
agroforestry · agroecology · composting · no-till · cooperative
farmstand
Roadside agricultural retail booth
local · seasonal · organic · artisanal · wholesale · commodity · cooperative · auction · bushel · crate
- agriculturecrops, crop yields, cattle ranching, livestock feed, dairy
- farmingcrop, crops, harvest, harvests, harvesting
- farm lifebarn, tractor, harvest, crops, livestock
- Middle AgesMiddle Ages, medieval period, castles, knights, Dark Ages
- Rural Agricultureranchers, farmhands, sharecroppers, crop cultivation, agricultural labor
- rural lifevillage, villages, farmhouses, pastoral, hamlets
farmersfactory workers
Employees in manufacturing facilities
industrialists · office workers · manufacturers · bankers · merchants
farmerscity dwellers
People living in metropolises
urbanites · city slickers · townspeople · metropolitans · suburbanites
farmersconsumers
Those who buy goods
eaters · non-producers · end users · diners
- farmer's marketOutdoor local produce sale
- farmers marketOutdoor local produce sale
- farmers' marketOutdoor venue for local produce
- peasant farmerLow-status agricultural laborer
- farmer's tanTan from clothed labor
- dairy farmerOne who raises milk-producing livestock