How to Use farmland in a Sentence

farmland

noun
  • Part of the farmland is in Hugo; the rest is in May Township.
    Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 30 July 2024
  • About 6,500 acres of farmland would need to go through this test.
    Clara Migoya, The Arizona Republic, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The area, which is private and set back from the road, was farmland at one time.
    Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 23 Apr. 2022
  • Some of the gravesites were hidden away on the farmland of Bosnian Serbs.
    Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2022
  • The town has farmland roots, known as the ‘hay-shipping capital of the world’ back in the 1920s.
    Catherine Dunwoody, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Not to mention that the value of farmland just went up and up.
    Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2022
  • The family owned about 400 acres of farmland around the bogs.
    Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 10 May 2022
  • At the edge of the village lie acres and acres of farmland tilled into rich black earth.
    Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 30 May 2022
  • My mentee Hannah and I stood on the 6.5 acres of farmland on the southwest edge of campus.
    Karla Salinas, oregonlive, 21 July 2023
  • The route also has views of wetlands, prairies, and farmland.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 11 Mar. 2022
  • But Ukraine, where about 8% of farmland is out of action because of the war, is already in a bind.
    Clare Sebastian, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The manor house is located at the top of a hill with sweeping views of the forested farmland.
    Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2022
  • At the time, the area was fields and farmland, not the tony neighborhood where palm trees and sprawling villas flank the streets.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Next, with 17 mentions, were concerns about the loss of farmland.
    Dan Gearino, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Still, Ben Shabat wants to take the winding roads through the farmland, to stay on the right side of the court order that bans him from some parts of the area.
    Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The five-acre lot features farmland, a barn, a chicken coop and a small greenhouse.
    Genevieve Redsten, Journal Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Melissa McGill owns farmland in the area where drilling could be allowed.
    Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Feb. 2022
  • Without those crops, Del Bosque was not able to hire about 100 people to work on his farmland.
    Nicole Chavez, CNN, 4 June 2022
  • Thousands of acres of farmland and crops have been ruined in the region of Palamas.
    Keir Simmons, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The property spans 88 acres and is filled with rolling hills, walking trails, fields, and farmland.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The Russian pullback from the expanse of farmland on the western bank of the Dnieper River comes as a pivot point in the war.
    Andrew E. Kramer, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Or the prairie’s the rare communal space, and the farmland is capitalism.
    In Swing State, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2023
  • And for the first time since 2020, more farmers expect farmland values to go down rather than up.
    Sean Conlon, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2024
  • At the time, the site was still being used as farmland, and the artifacts came to the surface during ploughing.
    Merilee Grindle, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2023
  • In the years since, the farmland over the Ogallala once again flourished as farmers drew from the aquifer to irrigate their fields.
    Coral Davenport, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Over the years, Ormond Beach has been chopped up for farmland and industry.
    David Schechter, Haley Rush, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2023
  • This is Texas Hill Country, a rugged landscape of mixed forest and farmland.
    Jay Anderson, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The amount used on farmland has fallen by about two-thirds since its 1998 peak, according to the data.
    Matthew Brown, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Mar. 2022
  • The train zips through verdant farmland and swampy rice paddies and into the darkness of mountain tunnels.
    The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Georgia is home to sweeping farmlands and soaring mountain ranges, lush pine forests and breezy barrier islands, and even bustling cities and charming small towns.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 23 Feb. 2025

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