The phrase "agricultural segment" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a specific part or division of the agricultural industry or market.
Example: "The agricultural segment of the economy has seen significant growth in recent years due to advancements in technology."
Alternatives: "agriculture sector" or "farming industry".
If it weren't for our highly effective agricultural segment (those disgusting internal-combustion tractors) and the means to distribute produce throughout our land (those hateful tractor-trailers), we would be nothing but a huge Third World nation, with each person eking out her own living from the local soil.
Further, recent earnings growth comes in spite of higher steel costs, which have pushed gross margins down to 22.2% for the construction segment and 16.7% for the agricultural segment.
The company reported third-quarter 2004 sales increases of 52% in its construction segment and 32% in its agricultural segment for a total of $87.5 million, 45% higher than the year-before quarter.
The agricultural segment (9% of the insured women and 6.7% of the insured men): gardeners, dairy operators, agricultural workers and tractor traders.
We were puzzled by the finding of an increased risk of MS among members of the agricultural segment of the pension fund, because this would seem to go against the vitamin D and sun exposure hypothesis.
The immediate background for this research was our finding that there had been a high number of critical illness insurance claims by patients diagnosed with MS within the agricultural segment of a Danish pension fund.
The USDA reports that "the organic industry is one of the fastest growing agricultural segments in the United States today, with sales reaching nearly $35 billion in 2012".
The Agriculture segment deals with the collection, storage, processing, and sales of agricultural products and technical equipment for framing operations.
Operating profit in the agricultural services segment rose $6 million, to $171 million, amid volatile commodity markets, regional instability in the Middle East and Japan's earthquake and tsunami.
While the agricultural water segment of the Produce Safety Rule was approved in 2015, the FDA issued a statement on March 15 that will extend dates for agricultural water compliance on a national scale for large farms to January 2022, small farms to January 2023 and very small farms to January 2024.
Operating profit fell 25 percent in Archer Daniels's agricultural services segment, the company's largest in terms of sales, as a result of "negative impacts from supply shifts" and "government actions" in the Black Sea region, which was affected by a drought, the company said.
