1.   But the rise of corporate farming put most family farming operations out of business.

2.   Finance ministry economists say higher prices would reduce demand by eliminating some marginal farming operations and encouraging the recycling of waste water.

3.   He oversaw a shift from cattle to fostering wildlife development, for everything from hunting to bird watching, and expanded farming operations on parts of the ranch.

4.   Sweetnam points out that farming operations in the Central Valley using the precious water are not always growing food.

5.   The emergency loans that the counties will receive may be used to cover expenses incurred to continue farming operations.

6.   The goal is to retain and enhance most of his longtime peanut farming operation, and diversification can help, he said.

7.   Circle Four Farms, one of the largest industrial hog farming operations in the United States, has several such complexes in Iron and Beaver counties.

8.   Its shrimp farming operation located on Java was undermined by rising feed costs, while demand for chicken fell by half.

9.   US farmers are pushing for an extension of protection to broadacre crop farming operations as well as maintaining subsidies for the sugar and dairy industries.