farmland

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Recent Examples of farmland But Brazil has several advantages over the U.S., not the least of which is its ability to vastly expand its area of arable farmland. Sal Gilbertie, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025 The site is mostly alfalfa farmland and a home, all owned by the Fulcher family. Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 17 Mar. 2025 In the forests and farmland of eastern Poland, Grzegorz Wróbl set out on a mission to find fossils. Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2025 As part of those projects, the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy will acquire a 399-acre easement in the Agricultural Security Corridor – Eastern Shore Heartland Rural Legacy Area to protect farmland, woodlands, and several species of birds. Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for farmland
Recent Examples of Synonyms for farmland
Noun
  • Just one month later, however, parts of the province were awash – pounded by extreme rain that inundated tens of thousands of acres of cropland and forced more than 100,000 people to evacuate their homes, according to state media.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN, 22 July 2024
  • These WMAs are comprised of cropland, forest, lake and wetlands that serve to provide refuge for geese that may help alleviate the effects of hunting.
    GrrlScientist, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Under Danone, Horizon stopped sourcing milk in New England entirely and dropped 89 organic dairy farms, upending the businesses of families that had supplied Horizon for years.
    Chloe Sorvino, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Manufacturing stocks — Shares of farm and construction equipment manufacturers declined amid the latest tariff updates.
    Pia Singh, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In Out in the Country (1939), a woman lounges in a farmyard, seemingly relaxed, but a brood of trees and distant humped hills like burial mounds spoil the bucolic mood.
    Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • But getting from laboratory breakthrough to farmyard reality isn't simple.
    Heide Brandes, thehustle.co, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Huston was forced to evacuate her ranch in the Sierra Nevada mountain range during the event.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025
  • One family ranch will continue an agricultural legacy begun in 1970 even as subdivisions replace farmland throughout Northwest Arkansas.
    Annette Beard, Arkansas Online, 7 Apr. 2025

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“Farmland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farmland. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.

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