farmland

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Recent Examples of farmland Fortunately, for conservationists, much of that land became farmland. Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025 New Mexico officials expect to achieve most of those reductions from buying water rights from willing sellers, meaning more than 14 square miles (36 square kilometers) of farmland would be retired. Preston Fore, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025 In 1950, General Electric purchased more than 900 acres of farmland in Louisville to create Appliance Park, which would become the company's centralized hub for production. Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 14 Aug. 2025 Depending on the season, there are dozens of opportunities to harvest nature's bounty in Pungo, an enchanting and unexpected 8,000 acres of farmland just past Sandbridge Beach. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for farmland
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Noun
  • 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
  • Courtesy of Hall and Hall Legacy ranches, which may come with livestock and cropland, are attractive but require much due diligence, according to Ken Mirr of Mirr Ranch Group.
    Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In The History of Sound, Mescal plays Lionel Worthing, a talented singer from rural Kentucky who leaves his family farm to attend the Boston Music Conservatory.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • At the time of the trial, troops were providing security during raids on marijuana farms outside Los Angeles.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Such an outbreak is not particularly surprising; the reason the vast majority of milk is pasteurized (heated briefly to kill germs) is because milk can easily pick up nasty pathogens in the farmyard that can cause severe illnesses, particularly in children.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2025
  • Generous Rooms, however, scream country-chic—dripping with rustic charm, from original beams to cutesy farmyard prints, deep soaking tubs, and exposed swathes of Cotswolds stone.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Hauser’s jaded ranch foreman Rip, who first came to John Dutton as a young boy on the run after killing his stepfather to protect his mother, learned how to be a cowboy from John, who treated him like a son.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The show takes place after the events of the Yellowstone flagship series, which concluded December 2024 and ended with Beth Dutton and husband Rip Wheeler moving to a new ranch in Montana.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Farmland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farmland. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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