cropland

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Recent Examples of cropland 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 The rest of the property is a mix cropland and woods, with around 93 tillable acres. Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025 The program planted over one million trees in 2024, produced 100,000 tons of organic compost to fertilize cropland and generated carbon credits that have created a new revenue stream for farmers. Eduardo Garcia, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 Most such bogs have been drained for cropland, and several European governments are wondering whether to revive them, Politico reported. Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cropland
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Noun
  • At Palisades State Park, striking red-pink Sioux quartzite cliffs jut up to 50 feet above Split Rock Creek, their jagged faces almost glowing against a backdrop of bucolic farmland.
    Taryn Shorr-Mckee, Midwest Living, 4 June 2026
  • That includes Shelbyville, where the developer Prologis has proposed turning hundreds of acres of farmland into an 11-building data center facility.
    Frank Landymore, Futurism, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • The executive chef works with a local farm that grows half of its harvest for the hotel.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • On a trip from the city of Isfahan to his grandfather’s farm, the young narrator and his parents stop to see family friends, Abbas, and Saba, whose home is full of love and storytelling.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 June 2026

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“Cropland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cropland. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.

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