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agronomy Definition

agrono·my (ə gränə mē)

noun

the science and economics of crop production; management of farm land

Etymology: Fr agronomie < OFr agronome, agriculturist < Gr agronomos, overseer of the public lands < agros (see acre) + -nomos (see -nomy)

agronomy Related Forms
ag·ro·nomic (ag′rə nämik) adjective or ag′·ro·nomi·cal agrono·mist noun
agronomy Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • include: Topics covered include agronomy, physiology, genetics, crop protection, postharvest storage, product processing, and marketing.
  • study: His eldest daughter, Sandra, is going to college to study agronomy.

Adjective modifier

  • arable: A weather summary for the cropping year, and background information on arable crop agronomy are also provided.
  • modern: Modern agronomy, however, has allowed us to increase the diversity of wheat varieties from this narrow genetic base.
  • good: Flax and Hemp Project Participatory research and development of best practice agronomy for hemp and flax in West Wales.

Modifies a noun

  • program: Unilever will also manage a separate agronomy program and will support the international patent program for the products.
  • service: For more details on our agronomy services click here.
  • school: As agronomy schools, agricultural production began narrowly connected to the economy.
  • advice: We are now strongly involved with a local farmers buying group and use them to access agronomy advice.
  • group: Our link with Aubourn Farming gives access to one of the country's largest agrochemical and agronomy buying groups.
  • teaching: Reflecting the new state interests in agricultural teaching, the government issued three decrees that affected agronomy teaching.

Noun used with modifier

  • crop: In many cases there was not sufficient basic information on crop agronomy to specify the required weather information.

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