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"farming" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often agriculture (11 letters).
Definitions
agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life
Word origin
From farm + -ing.
Used in a sentence
“Gardening, then, is a sort of refined farming upon a limited scale.”
“Farming was among the earliest of civilized man's occupations, [...]”
“We discharge them also of all Farmings of Benefices, and Church Lands, or Goods, of which they were spoiled by those who Commanded under their General.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Agricultural work”7 letters
02“Growing crops”7 letters
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