crops
Example Sentences
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"It means failed rains, dying crops, rising food prices, and families pushed to the edge yet again. In East Africa especially, this will land on communities already battered by droughts and floods in recent years."
From BBC • Jun. 11, 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
Some family farmers are making more from clicks than crops, part of a growing class of “aginfluencers” monetizing farm life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Farmers use them to lock in the price of their crops.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
He let the crops go to seed and hammered on the dang thing night and day.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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