The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ARABLE
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More clues leading to the result ARABLE
- Horse the French used for such farming
- Productive story needs no introduction
- Start off biblical tale concerning land for cultivation
- Young apache if having quit existence in form of farming
- Boatman gets into real trouble being productive in the field
- Saudi, perhaps, supported by the French, providing food
- On vacation, Lebanese follow their kind to be productive
- A recreational walk with miles to go in some farmland?
- A farmer finally fit, fit for ploughing
- Fertile land is fit to accommodate golf club
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The straight part
We know that "form of farming" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case form of farming = arable.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ARABLE mean?
ARABLE adjective- (of land) Able to be plowed or tilled, capable of growing crops (traditionally contrasted with pasturable lands such as heaths).
- (NGO jargon, of land) Under cultivation (within any quinquennial period) for the production of crops sown and harvested within the same agricultural year (contrasted with permanently-cropped lands such as orchards).