farm league noun3 •One or more minor league teams owned by a baseball franchise and used as a training and testing ground for rookies, who, if they perform well, move on to play in the main major league team.The Yankees entered the farm league business in 1929 when they purchased Chambersburg in the Class D Blue Ridge League. — 2005 •A minor league team from which scouts recruit players for the major league.Scenarios were floated that the CFL and WLAF would merge or that the CFL would revert to a fall schedule and become a farm league for the NFL. — 2005 •A position or venue from which talent is recruited for showing potential.An industry source told MP3.com that the site is "supposed to be a farm-league thing. — 1999 formsfarm leagues
