Farmer

A farmer is someone who has an ownership interest in crops[?] or livestock, and who provides labor or management in their production.

The Dutch word for farmer is boer, from which the Boer people of South Africa took their name.

Notable farmers:

• José Bové
• Thomas Jefferson
• Jimmy Carter

Farmers in fiction:

• Farmer Giles of Ham, novel, J. R. R. Tolkien
• Farmer In The Sky, science-fiction novel, Robert Heinlein
• Fred Dagg, character created by New Zealand performer John Clarke
• The Archers, radio serial, BBC
• Farmer Palmer[?], comic strip, Viz
• Farmer Jones[?], whose animals revolt in George Orwell's Animal Farm

Related topics

Agriculture