farmland

Example Sentences

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In a practice that ought to inspire progressives, those farmers deepened the delta channels and spread over their surrounding farmland the rich silt they excavated or used it to reinforce the levees.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Add to that Hurricane Melissa, which struck the island nation in October 2025, flooding fertile farmland and destroying crops.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

Opponents raised concerns about the loss of farmland, the impact on the landscape and the safety of the lithium-ion batteries.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

But thousands of men were pouring into Redding to build the dam — a 602-foot concrete behemoth that irrigates millions of acres of Central Valley farmland — and they sure worked up an appetite.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

We passed another long stretch of farmland before finally coming to the gate, where Javi instructed the driver to drop us off.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely