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

Méryl Cruz Mermy and her husband, Benoît Merlo, who graduated in agricultural engineering from a prestigious Lyon school, have moved in the opposite direction from most young people.

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2024

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

She loved her studies, he says, sitting in a room at Christchurch's Lincoln University where she was working towards a masters degree in agricultural engineering.

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2019

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

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver