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Continual growth is important to his industry (6)

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I believe the answer is:

farmer

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'continual growth is important to his industry' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

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(Other definitions for farmer that I've seen before include "Tender of crops/stock" , "the tax-collector?" , "One who works the land" , "One who cultivates land" , "Crop grower or livestock keeper" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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