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farmland

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as in cropland

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Recent Examples of farmland The Stratos Project is set to take over 20,000 acres of desert brush and farmland in Box Elder County, abutting the Great Salt Lake. — Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2026 In the centuries that followed, the Mission went from Mexican farmland to immigrant stronghold as waves of working-class European families moved into the neighborhood following the Gold Rush in the mid-1800s. — Marissa J. Lang, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026 Despite representing a relatively small share of the country’s total farmland, California leads the nation with specialty crops, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and dairy with its favorable growing conditions. — Jonathan Destler, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 Cullen spent some of his childhood working on a farm, telling NPR in 2014 his earliest vocal lessons came from imitating the chickens, cows and dogs that littered the farmland. — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for farmland

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Supporters say shifting unproductive cropland to clean energy will help California meet its 100% renewable power goal, while farm groups warn of losing valuable agricultural land.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Overall, scientists project that, by 2050, loss of cropland from urbanization and soil degradation could reduce China’s food production capacity by up to 18 percent.

— Caitlin Welsh, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of cropland

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Clark has raised the big birds since the 1980s, and said the few full-scale ostrich farms around the country are trying to meet a growing demand.

— Dylan Lovan, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
Locals still had to do shopping in the nearby city of Uruapan, where Mayor Carlos Manzo was gunned down by a cartel operative last year, and work on their farms in the mountains.

— Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

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Visitors can also hike through the salt marshes of Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge, stop for coffee and pastries at Dave's Coffee, or browse the eclectic shops and gardens at Fantastic Umbrella Factory, a former 19th-century farmyard turned open-air shopping village.

— Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
The whisky has a layered and complex nose, almost quirky, with earthy/farmyard aromas and pancake syrup, followed by black pepper and espresso bitterness that add depth.

— Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2026

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This summer, Rodgers put together a team-bonding trip to a ranch out west for four days.

— Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
McKinney, who founded the network-consulting and security-services provider International Network Services, originally snapped up the Sonoma ranch in 2014 for just $12 million.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2026

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