1. (

• agribusiness ,
• agriculture ,
• factory_farm

) a large-scale farming enterprise ;

2. (

• farming ,
• agriculture ,
• husbandry

) the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock ;

3. (

• Department_of_Agriculture ,
• Agriculture_Department ,
• Agriculture ,
• USDA

) the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862 ;

4. (

• agriculture

) the class of people engaged in growing food ;