crops

Example Sentences

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Droughts in parts of South America and South East Asia could hit crops at a time when the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz is already disrupting the distribution of fertiliser.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

There is snow on the mountains, dense fog that blankets crops in the fall, giving life to wine-country grapes, fires in the dry season and the occasional earthquake.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

He is “willing and able to take this opportunity to try some ‘out-of-the-box, new-age’ thoughts and concepts to fertility” for his crops, he said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Alternatives made from used cooking oil, cover crops and even captured carbon dioxide would have eased pressures on the beleaguered industry—if only there had been enough to go round.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

“Course, it wasn’t only crops they got. I left my good jacket hanging on the fence post. Danged if those hoppers didn’t munch their way through that, too.”

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson