The phrase "agriculture unit" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a specific division or component within the field of agriculture, such as a department, organization, or educational program focused on agricultural studies or practices.
Example: "The agriculture unit at the university offers various courses on sustainable farming techniques."
Alternatives: "agricultural division" or "farming sector".
Profit climbed 21 percent in the agriculture unit, the largest business, on seed sales.
First-quarter pretax profit in the agriculture unit increased to $1.14 billion.
DuPont's agriculture unit continued to lead the company's overall performance, posting a 7 percent gain in sales on higher prices and a slight increase in volume.
Corteva, the agriculture unit, will be carved out of DuPont, chemical maker, on 1 June.
That has led to a series of product recalls, a rash of bad public relations and widespread speculation that Aventis would divest itself of the agriculture unit.
Last week the company released third-quarter earnings that showed profits for the agriculture unit dropping 2.8% to $50 million on sales of $850 million, a 6.8% increase over the year-ago period.
Combining the two companies' agriculture units is expected to create annual savings of $525 million, 40percentt of which will come from cuts in back office expenses and staff, according to the companies.
The national Red Cross utilized 54 volunteers to assist in the storm's aftermath, such as distributing kitchen kits and agriculture units.
Few workers are employed in agriculture, but the average farming unit is fairly large, and the biggest concerns concentrate on livestock and dairying.
Aventis said it was considering an initial public offering for the agriculture chemicals unit, known as Aventis CropScience and intended to sell it by the end of 2001.
Alarmed by a spike in large-scale nut thefts, Tulare County sheriff Mike Boudreaux last year beefed up his agriculture crimes unit from two to six detectives.
