Agriculture

1. noun

   a large-scale farming enterprise

   Similar: agribusiness, factory farm

2. noun

   the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

   Similar: farming, husbandry

3. noun

   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

   Similar: department of agriculture, agriculture department, usda