I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , large
▪ little , small
▪ 100-acre , 200-hectare , etc.
▪ local , nearby , neighbouring/neighboring , surrounding
▪ isolated , outlying , remote
▪ hill ( BrE )
▪ family , home
▪ conventional , traditional
▪ private
▪ collective , cooperative
▪ commercial , corporate ( AmE )
▪ state
▪ factory , industrial ( esp. AmE ), intensive ( esp. BrE )
▪ experimental , research ( esp. AmE )
▪ model
▪
Ten model ~s have been set up to showcase modern production methods.
▪ working
▪
The area combines a working ~ and a farming museum.
▪ organic
▪ arable ( BrE ), livestock , mixed
▪ breeding ( esp. AmE ), horse ( esp. AmE ), stud ( esp. BrE )
▪ chicken , coffee ( esp. AmE ), dairy , fish , fruit , hog ( AmE ), pig , poultry , sheep , shrimp ( esp. AmE ), tree ( esp. AmE ), trout , turkey , etc.
▪ truck ( AmE )
▪ wind
▪
controversial plans to build a wind ~ on the island
VERB + FARM
▪ have , own
▪ manage , operate , run
▪ work , work at , work on
▪
During the war, few men were left to work the ~.
▪
The children had to work on the family ~.
▪ build , establish , set up , start
▪ live on
▪ be raised on ( esp. AmE ), be reared on
▪
I was raised on a country ~.
▪
The pigs are raised on factory ~s. ( esp. AmE )
▪ inherit
▪ visit
FARM + VERB
▪ be located , lie
▪
The ~ lies on the hills above the lake.
▪ grow sth , produce sth
▪
a ~ growing tobacco
▪
a dairy ~ producing gourmet cheeses
▪ operate
▪
The 80-acre ~ now operates around the clock.
FARM + NOUN
▪ produce , product
▪
Farm produce, including fruit and corn, was their principal export.
▪
~ products such as eggs and vegetables
▪ animal
▪ labourer/laborer , worker
▪ labour/labor
▪ chore ( esp. AmE ), work
▪
I helped him with his ~ chores.
▪ manager , owner
▪ management
▪ field ( esp. AmE ), land (usually farmland )
▪ building
▪ equipment , implements , machinery , tractor
▪ policy ( esp. AmE )
▪ bill
▪
Republicans hope to pass the ~ bill in the current fiscal year.
▪ program ( AmE )
▪
the US ~ program for wheat
▪ subsidies
▪
The EU has decided to cut ~ subsidies.
▪ exports , production (both esp. AmE )
▪
We anticipate our overall ~ production next year to be lower.
▪ income
▪
Farm incomes rose 11% last year.
▪ economy ( AmE ), sector ( esp. AmE )
▪
The ~ economy was stable.
▪
Today, the ~ sector employs about 3% of our workforce.
▪ life
▪
village and ~ life
▪ boy , girl , kid ( informal , esp. AmE )
▪ family , household (both esp. AmE )
▪
a poor ~ family
▪ cottage ( BrE ), house (usually farmhouse )
▪ shop ( BrE ), stand ( AmE ), store ( AmE )
▪
The farmer's wife runs the ~ shop.
▪
Bo was working the ~ stand.
▪ supply store ( AmE )
▪
Local ~ supply stores are expected to lose business.
▪ community , country , state , town (all AmE )
▪
the rolling ~ country of central Kentucky
▪
an Illinois ~ town
▪ belt ( AmE )
▪
the Kansas ~ belt
▪ road , track ( esp. BrE )
PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the ~
▪
The police are investigating a fire at a nearby ~.
▪ down on the ~
▪
The myth of happy animals down on the ~ is now far from the truth.
▪ on a/the ~
▪
He had lived on that ~ all his life.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ heavily , intensively
▪
The land has been intensively ~ed.
▪ organically
▪
They ~ organically now.
Farm is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ fish , ↑ land , ↑ salmon , ↑ sheep