agricultural

/ˈægrəˌkʌltʃərəl/

/ægrɪˈkʌltʃərəl/

Other forms: agriculturally

Something that's agricultural has to do with farming, either growing crops or raising farm animals.

Your interest in dairy cattle might lead you to attend an agricultural program in college, or you may decide to go ahead and start your own agricultural business instead. Midwestern wheat farmers are in the agricultural profession, and so are small family farmers who grow heirloom vegetables in Maine. The adjective agricultural comes from the noun agriculture, rooted in the Late Latin agricultura, which combines ager, "a field," and cultura, "cultivation."

Definitions of agricultural

1. adjective

   relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming
   “agricultural engineering”

   “modern agricultural (or farming) methods”

   “agricultural (or farm) equipment”

   “an agricultural college”
2. adjective

   relating to rural matters
   synonyms: agrarian, farming

   rural

   living in or characteristic of farming or country life