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Agriculture

The science of raising plants and/or animals for food, clothing or other useful products. The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock.The federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862.The class of people engaged in growing food.A large-scale farming enterprise.Agriculture is the process by which man harnesses the nutrients of the soil to house various species in which the want to grow. This may range from a grassy field to feed cattle to a botanical garden for conservation purposes.