farmland
IPA: fˈɑrmɫænd
noun
- Land that is suitable for farming and agricultural production.
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Examples of "farmland" in Sentences
- The farmlands are in the plain area.
- Farmlands cover the rest of the land.
- Farmland occupies the flanks of the volcano.
- Most of the farmland was along the coastline.
- Farmlands dominate the rest of the municipality.
- Farmlands are within the vicinity of the village.
- The majority of the region is covered by farmland.
- The plateau is a patchwork of forests and farmland.
- Most of the town was farmland in the nineteenth century.
- Think of how much quality farmland is lost to organic farming.
- The climate is of a moderate nature and the farmland is futile.
- The abundance of fish, fruit and fertile farmland is reflected in the expansive lifestyle of the people.
- Flooding of farmland is a huge tragedy for farmers, and something that will affect everyone who eats, essentially.
- I always enjoy the ride out that way because the farmland is so beautiful and with the sun hanging low … It was gorgeuos.
- But so much of U.S. farmland is already in production that some acres might have to be cannibalized from other crops, potentially tightening supplies of other commodities.
- So it seems like a better approach would be to focus on how much usable farmland is taken up by inefficient meat-raising rather than to argue against meat-raising anywhere and everywhere.
- That should be coupled with an end to tax breaks on suburban land that is called "farmland" but is mostly a tax dodge for people who earn only a tiny fraction of their income from farming.
- South of Baghdad, Iraqi villagers and soldiers unearthed at least 13 bodies from a shallow, dusty grave in farmland on the outskirts of Latifiyah, a mostly Sunni town that also has some Shiite residents.
- Across the country, the rural areas the Amish inhabit are rapidly becoming exurbs, and what was once farmland is being sold to make way for subdivisions and Wal-Marts -- making raw land, even when it is available, prohibitively expensive.
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