AGRONOMISTS Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

agronomists

noun

plural of agronomist

as in farmers

a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it went from being a simple soybean farmer to an agronomist specializing in soil management

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Recent Examples of agronomists Their wider ecosystem includes field workers, seasonal workers, input suppliers, agronomists, university researchers, local traders and ginners. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026 Elsewhere in Kigali, a group of young agronomists are training farmers to adopt technologies such as hydroponics to maximize productivity, using water instead of soil. — Evelyne Musambi, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026 Cattle were raised, and various crops (including corn [maize] and cotton) were grown with the assistance of agronomists. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026 Oktyabr Dospanov, curator of the Nukus Museum of Art’s archaeology department, explained that rice cultivation in Karakalpakstan took off in the 1960s, when Soviet agronomists introduced it as a salt-tolerant crop for the area’s saline soil. — Michael Snyder, Saveur, 11 Mar. 2026 All 11 stadiums — even the four that play NFL football on natural grass — will bring in special sod carefully crafted by agronomists and approved by FIFA. — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026 There are humans in the cabin of the combine - mostly agronomists who study the operations and yield, and use this information to optimize seeding plans for next season. — Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026 The charity’s agronomists predict that one kit, properly tended, can yield up to two hundred pounds of produce in a single season, enough to supplement the diets of a family of four. — Jason Phillips, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025 There, architects, agronomists, artists, and anthropologists spoke about ways of reviving the desiccated landscape. — Michael Snyder, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Aug. 2025

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farmers

Noun

The result was 90% of farmers in the country living in poverty with virtually all of them drinking unclean water.

— Adam Duxter, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Textile Exchange said the organization has helped about 8,000 cotton farmers adopt regenerative farming practices across 35,000 acres.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026

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