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Make a list of words related to agriculture.
Solution
Words related to agriculture are as follows:
| Letter | Words |
| A | animals, arid, agrarian, acres |
| B | barn, biofuel, barren, botanical |
| C | cattle, cultivation, crops, chemicals |
| D | drought, development, domestication, drainage |
| E | equipment, erosion, ecology, environment |
| F | farm, fertile, furrow, farmer |
| G | graze, ground, grain, germination |
| H | harvest, hectare, husbandry, harrow |
| I | irrigation, intercropping, insects |
| L | labour, livestock, land |
| M | machinery, manure, materials, mulch |
| N | nutrient management, nature, nitrogen |
| O | overcrop, organic |
| P | pesticide, pollination, ploughing, produce |
| R | reap, region, rear, resource |
| S | seed, sow, soil, sprout |
| T | tillage, tractor, technique, trade |
| V | Vermifiltration |
| W | wool, water, weather, wheat |
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