ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Broadacre

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Broadacre is an adjective meaning (Australia) Of or pertaining to, or suitable for large-scale farming.

Meaning

(Australia) Of or pertaining to, or suitable for large-scale farming.

Example Sentences

The survey covers broadacre agriculture across all of Australia (see Figure 20.1), but excludes small and hobby farms.
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.
Broadacre 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.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include broadscale, broad, large-scale, broad-based, broad-gauge, ample.

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