agribusiness
Americannoun
noun
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Agribusiness emphasizes agriculture as a big business rather than as the work of small family farms.
Etymology
Origin of agribusiness
Vocabulary lists containing agribusiness
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Hundreds of Indigenous people have been protesting in northern Brazil for two weeks outside the port terminal of US agribusiness giant Cargill, angered over the dredging and development of Amazonian rivers for grain exports.
From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026
"We want our lands free from agribusiness, oil exploration, illegal miners and illegal loggers," he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025
Andersons said results in its agribusiness were hurt by spending patterns as “with a large harvest and low market prices, feed and end-use customers continue to limit their purchasing to immediate needs.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025
It’s pocket change for agribusiness, and for workers it could mean the difference between walking out of the rows or being carried out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
They are dropouts from the industrial agribusiness food chain, trying to build a new one.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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