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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary

U.S. Department of Agriculture

farmers

Subject Category: B Rural and Agricultural Sociology
Definition: A person who is engaged in the raising of crops, poultry or livestock.
Definition Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
RDF/XML Format:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/39491.rdf
Persistent URI:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/39491
Broader Term: people
Narrower Term: growers; limited resource farmers; ranchers; small-scale farmers; socially disadvantaged farmers
Related Term: farm families; farm operators; farm ownership; farmers' attitudes; farmers' rights; occupations
Spanish: agricultores
Term Number: 39491

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