Sentence examples for principal farming from inspiring English sources

Irrigated rice is becoming more important, but swidden agriculture remains the principal farming system by area, as irrigated paddy fields lie in valley bottoms and cover less than 5% of the area.

Among her longest conversations in Russian was one conducted last year in a hallway of the Hartford Civic Center, where the Hartford Wolf Pack, the Rangers' principal farm team, plays.

An increasing average age for farmers and ranchers has been reported by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service showing that the mean age of principal farm operators has increased from 50 years in 1978 to 54 years in 1997, 57 years in 2007, and 58 years in 2012 with 33%% of the nation's principal operators aged 65 years or older (USDA Census of agriculture 2012).

The average principal farm operator in 2012 was 58 years old.

Between the two was Mains of Stroma, the island's principal farm.

Since 1978, the share of principal farm operators who are 65 and older has grown, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Census of Agriculture.

According to the USDA, as of 2007 (the latest date for such statistics) the average age of principal farm operators was 57 years old and there are few prepared with the skills to take their place.

When the East End's principal business was farming, Riverhead was the commercial hub for both forks of Long Island.

Before Ms. Wellons became the principal in this farm community, she was a special education teacher for 15 years.

The Student Organic Farm is a student-run, four-season farm, which teaches the principals of organic farming and through a certificate program and community supported agriculture (CSA) on ten acres on the MSU campus.

If everyone who agreed on the principal that factory farmed meat was unkind spent their money eating one pasture-raised meat meal a week the industry would be forced to change, and change quick.