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Seeds and insects on suburban lawns, irrigated campuses, parks and croplands have lured them northward to be one of North America’s successful bird species.—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026 Palestinian officials said settlers burned cars, desecrated mosques, ransacked industrial plants and destroyed cropland.—CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025 In Mongolia’s eastern steppes, an initiative implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is helping farmers revive more than 11,000 hectares of cropland through no-till farming and intercropping—restoring productivity while protecting ecosystems.—Kaveh Zahedi, Time, 3 Nov. 2025 Minnesota’s cropland value was $7,000 per acre in August, up 7% from 2024, the USDA said in its August land values summary.—April Baumgarten, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cropland