high farming
Noun: - Intensive agricultural cultivation: "High farming" refers to a system of agriculture that involves the use of advanced techniques, careful management, and significant investment to maximize crop yields and livestock productivity. It emphasizes soil enrichment, crop rotation, and efficient use of resources, often contrasting with subsistence or extensive farming.
- (Intensive, scientific agriculture.)
- (A historical period of agricultural innovation.)
"high farming" as a historical term: In British agricultural history, "high farming" (mid-19th century) denoted a period of intensified farming driven by new machinery, fertilizers, and drainage systems.
- The Agricultural Revolution saw the rise of high farming, with farmers investing in steam ploughs and artificial fertilizers. (A specific era of agricultural advancement.)
"high farming" in modern contexts: Sometimes used metaphorically to describe any highly efficient, capital-intensive agricultural operation.
- The organic farm practices high farming, using precision irrigation and soil sensors to optimize growth. (Modern, technology-driven intensive farming.)
High farmer (n): a farmer who practices high farming.
- The high farmer invested heavily in drainage and seed drills. (A farmer engaged in intensive cultivation.)
High-farming (adj): relating to or characteristic of high farming.
- The high-farming techniques increased the estate's output by 30%. (Descriptive of the method.)
- Intensive farming: agriculture that uses large amounts of labor and capital relative to land area.
- Scientific farming: farming based on systematic study and controlled experiments.
- Improved agriculture: farming that incorporates new technologies and practices.
"To farm high": to engage in high farming.
- He decided to farm high, rotating his crops and using green manure. (To practice intensive, careful agriculture.)
"High farming, low profit": a saying suggesting that intensive methods may not always yield financial returns.
- Despite his high farming, the poor harvest left him with little profit. (A cautionary phrase about the risks of intensive agriculture.)