arable
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We call the deep, folded valleys of West Dorset “coombes,” a topography often too steep for tractors; too awkward to be given over to large-scale arable farming.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
One hundred years on, NWT has announced it has purchased 336 acres of mostly arable land at Wood Norton, near its Foxley Wood site, after receiving £3.8m from the Natural England Nutrient Mitigation Scheme.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026
Irma was one of Chávez’s direct beneficiaries; she received a parcel of arable land which she cultivated with her brother.
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026
The DRC has nearly 80 million hectares of arable land and four million hectares of irrigable land.
From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025
It was not lawn, nor pasture, nor mead, nor woodland, nor lea, nor arable, nor waste land.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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