agronomist
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agronomists
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“It can get quite expensive,” said Moynihan, the Detroit Golf Club agronomist, of repairs from improper chemical usage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
For years, he’s relied on an agronomist — a scientist who helps optimize crop production and soil management — who comes around in December to test the soil on each field of his farm.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
The impact of these technologies might be felt by the consumer, says Heather Darby, an agronomist and soil specialist at the University of Vermont.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026
It was developed by Oswald Symenouh, an agronomist who heads the company running the farm.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
After the agronomist had left, they also ate the imported cows and all the brood hens.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
In exchange for uprooting their coca plants, farmers would also get technical support, including from agronomists, and advice on soil management.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
When its top agronomists toured its farmers’ fields from Canada to South Africa they found entire crops failing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
The new tree seeds, developed by agronomists at Starbucks’ Costa Rica farm Hacienda Alsacia, are resistant to coffee leaf rust, a disease exacerbated by climate change.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2023
Where resources are stretched too thin or disasters become too frequent, some agronomists believe it is no longer wise to grow some crops in the areas that they have been previously grown.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2022
Why did olive trees yield to Stone Age farmers, whereas oak trees continue to defeat our brightest agronomists?
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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