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noun

the alternation at intervals of several years of crop growing and grassland pasture

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Words nearby ley farming

ley, Leyden, Leyden jar, Leydig, Leydig cell, ley farming, Leyland, Leyland cypress, leylandii, Leypoldt, Leyster

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Two-thirds of the 22 million people in West Africa depend on farming to live.
Liberia’s Ebola Famine|Abby Haglage, Nina Strochlic|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Good American Future Fund-associated politicians are on the side of industrialized farming.
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Singer argues that eating meat is almost always wrong, due to the immense amount of suffering caused by factory farming.
The Bioethicist Turned Butcher|Elizabeth Picciuto|September 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The new immigrants declared their intention to take up farming.
On the Trail of Nazi Counterfeiters|Dr. Kevin C. Ruffner|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Nathan learned everything he could about farming and ranching.
‘The Harness Maker’s Dream:’ The Unlikely Ranch King of Texas|Nick Kotz|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He annually has a gathering of distinguished farmers and others to inspect his estate and see how his "book farming" gets on.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
His parents were of the well-to-do farming class, occupied from one year's end to the other with the work of the fields.
Bastien Lepage|Fr. Crastre
I know for a fact, that his race horses literally ran away with the prettiest bit of Kentucky farming land I ever laid eyes upon.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
British pasture farming was to be annihilated, and an immense stimulus given to that of our continental rivals.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
As the settlers pushed westward, more and more of the Indians' hunting grounds were being seized and used for farming.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey

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