欧洲各国农业部长在农业补贴问题上未能打破僵局。

European agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies.

政府的政策对农业的影响最为显著。

Nowhere is the effect of government policy more apparent than in agriculture.

与其他农业生产相对而言，动物饲养只是副业。

Raising animals was only secondary to other forms of farming.

现代农业耕作方法可能对环境造成负面影响。

Modern farming methods can have an adverse effect on the environment.

这个地区的集约化农业使得土壤严重贫瘠化。

Intensive farming in the area has caused severe degeneration of the land.

农民将游说国会提高对农业的补贴。

Farmers will lobby Congress for higher subsidies.

农业界内部多有不满。

There is discontent within the farming industry.

过去十年，农业从业人数已经下降。

The number of people employed in agriculture has fallen in the last decade.

这些条件不利于农业。

The conditions were unfavourable for agriculture.

这会对农业和食物链造成威胁，由此而危及人的健康。

This poses a threat to agriculture and the food chain, and consequently to human health.

传统的刀耕火种农业方式耗尽了土地的肥力。

Traditional slash and burn farming methods have exhausted the soil.

农业利益集团是华盛顿最具影响力的游说团体之一。

Agricultural interests are some of the most powerful lobbies in Washington