fallow
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Korda said those fallow years humbled her, but she was about to have plenty of reasons to boast.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
He pointed out that as salmon have suffered declines, California’s agriculture industry has been planting more nut orchards, replacing other field crops that are easier to leave fallow when water is scarce.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
The theory was he would no longer be tied down by the burden of his own expectation and quickly produce more major victories now his 11-year fallow period had finally ended.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
In France alone, about 300,000 hectares of land once used for cereal farming has been left fallow or abandoned since 2022, he said.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
It also meant that no peasant had all of his land in the fallow field, which would have resulted in starvation every third year.
From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz
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