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arable

adjective as in farmable

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David Gunn, an arable farmer and agricultural contractor from near Sevenoaks in Kent, said: "Inheritance tax is going to cripple the farmers, the small family farmers."

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One of the farms targeted belonged to William Maughan, a beef, poultry and arable farmer in County Durham whose parents live on the premises.

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Brazil overtook the U.S. as the world’s top soybean exporter over a decade ago, helped by an influx of investment and lots of arable land.

And the overall decline is why my husband and I decided to create our own wildflower meadow from an overgrown arable field.

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Gloucestershire arable and livestock farmer David Barton said he felt "completely abandoned" by the move.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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