agricultural engineering

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the branch of engineering involved with the design of farm machinery, with soil management, land development, and mechanization and automation of livestock farming, and with the efficient planting, harvesting, storage, and processing of farm commodities.

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Origin of agricultural engineering

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby agricultural engineering

agric., agrichemical, Agricola, agricultural agent, agricultural ant, agricultural engineering, agriculture, agriculturist, agri-environmental, Agrigento, agrimony

Example sentences from the Web for agricultural engineering

A Minnesota based agricultural/industrial construction company.
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The Great Lakes states, for example, boast the largest concentration of engineering jobs (more than 318,000) of any major region.
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The revival of industry makes such engineering talent critical to regional success.
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Pragnell spent three months in Japan engineering prefabricated warehouses.
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The income of a software engineering intern at Facebook is comparable, with monthly incomes of over $6,500.
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Virginia leaf still continues to flourish, and to-day it is the great agricultural product of the State.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
"It's dogged as does it," is not only the maxim of agricultural labourers in remote country districts.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
The duke was agricultural above all things; he had a model estate bristling with scientific improvement.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
This letter indirectly points out two long-standing radical errors in engineering phraseology.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
The use of the high-pressure steam agricultural engine was not confined to Cornwall.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick

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