Meanings
- Australianot comparableOf or pertaining to, or suitable for large-scale farming.
The survey covers broadacre agriculture across all of Australia (see Figure 20.1), but excludes small and hobby farms.
2010, Roberto Benedetti, Federica Piersimoni, Marco Bee, Agricultural Survey Methods, page 2322 more examples
Higher prices for most major broadacre commodities, including wheat, wool and beef, contributed to a large increase in profits for the majority of Australia′s broadacre farms in 2001-02.
2004, Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2004 Year Book, Australia, page 423Broadacre organic farmers − farmers of sheep, beef and cereals − of the inland and the semiarid interior were particularly active in adapting organic production methods to Australian conditions.
2011, Rebecca Jones, Green Harvest: A History of Organic Farming and Gardening in Australia, page 17
Origin
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