Refers to farming or agriculture as an activity, field, or way of life. The standalone noun 農 is somewhat formal or compact; 農業 is the more ordinary full word in many contexts.
祖父は長年この村で農を営んできた。
My grandfather has farmed in this village for many years.
At this university, you can study the relationship between agriculture and food.
能 (ability/Noh theatre) and 農 (agriculture, as in 農業) share the same reading のう but have unrelated meanings, so learners can mishear or misread one for the other.
agriculture; farming
farm
farmer; peasant
agricultural chemical; agrochemical; pesticide
farm; plantation
Sino-Japanese のう reading of 農, a kanji conventionally associated with farming and agriculture. No more specific historical derivation is asserted here.
agriculture and forestry
crops; agricultural produce
agricultural cooperative; farmers' co-op
dairy farming
farming; agriculture; cultivation
male farmer; farmhand; peasant
farm work; agricultural labor
farming method; agricultural technique
agriculture and fisheries
faculty of agriculture; department of agriculture
agricultural administration; agricultural policy
agricultural science; agronomy
serf
agricultural products; farm produce
farm road; agricultural road
farming; agriculture
agricultural affairs
farming implement; farm tool
agricultural machinery and equipment
agricultural university
farming; agriculture
taking up farming; entering agriculture