agricultural engineering

American  

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of agricultural engineering

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

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agricultural engineering

The Legambiente non-government group said that agricultural engineering has not kept pace with climate change and that farming needs a new transformation.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

The 16-year-old hopes to get a minimum of five Cs, including maths and Welsh, to study for a Level 3 in agricultural engineering at Coleg Glynllifon.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025

This type of heat loss is called radiation heat loss, said Sun, a professor with the department of biological and agricultural engineering.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2023

Mr. Barbosa studied agricultural engineering, but Mexico was moving away from its reliance on small family farms.

From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2017

I studied agricultural engineering at Emory, and Anatole was in political science and geography.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver