After conducting an admittedly quite half-assed research, it appears that so far into 2026, the word husbandry was used 4 times by The Guardian, 4 times by the BBC, 3 times by ​​The Independent, not once by The New York Times or CNN and once each by Fox News and Wall Street Journal. ’Tis a pity; ’tis a good word. Perhaps its meaning is too stressful or—God forbid—triggering, for the brittle snowflakes of today. 

(also lighting a tall ass candle for the indignant fate of our dear fallen friend—the em dash.)