How to Use "Farmer" with Example Sentences

farmer (n): a person who grows crops or raises animals

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Used with adjectives:

"Large-scale farmers are fighting federal restrictions."
(large-scale, large, big)

"The drought really affected small farmers."
(small, small-scale)

"Many tenant farmers work the land here."
(tenant, peasant, poor)

"Many independent farmers are working together."
(independent, family)

"We bought produce from local farmers at the market."
(local, organic)

"A livestock farmer spoke to the class."
(livestock, dairy, chicken, fish, pig, poultry, sheep)

"He is a peanut farmer."
(peanut, coffee, corn, cotton, potato, rice, soybean, tobacco, wheat, vegetable)

Used with verbs:

"The farmer milks the cows every morning."
(milks, herds)

"Farmers wake up at dawn."
(wake up, rise)

"The farmer lives on a farm."
(lives on)

"The farmer has many animals."
(has, tends to)

"Farmers produce food so we can eat."
(produce, harvest, grow)