acre
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U.S. corn yield forecast, in bushels an acre, for the 2026/27 season, down from the Agriculture Department’s projection in July for 183 bushels an acre.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The lab sat on an acre of land in a forest that straddles the border of Abidagba and Iroto villages.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Outdoors on the acre lot there’s a pool, spa, lush landscaping and multiple outdoor gathering spaces.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Southeastern Utah, which is currently grappling with the 70,000-plus acre Cottonwood Fire, is under a rare “particularly dangerous situation” alert, which is the highest level of fire warning issued by the National Weather Service.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
One was an old hand-drawn affair tracing out an acre or two of land, and marked with the now outmoded pictographs of old China.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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The Timber fire, which ignited on Aug. 8 in an area about 30 miles to the north of where the Plaskett blaze would later begin, has burned about 25,200 acres.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
White Bay Cay spans around 25 acres, while the adjacent island adds another seven acres to Perry’s secluded escape.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
For 60 years, the Angels have played in a stadium surrounded by 130 acres of parking lots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
“We’ve never known anything like it,” said Tim O’Malley, chairman of Nationwide Produce, which grows vegetables across a thousand acres in East Anglia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
But my heart is already promised—to this 320 acres of mine.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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