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farmland::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cultivated land, ploughland, plowland, tillage, tilled land, tilth |
| Type of | ground, land, soil |
| Has types | fallow |
farmland::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | farming area |
| Type of | country, rural area |
Examples of farmland
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Farmland values are up while those for some other kinds of real estate languish.
From the online.wsj.com
Both wells are more than 70 years old, drilled when they served mostly farmland.
From the ocregister.com
A breach would threaten 7,000 acres of farmland and 10,000 head of dairy cattle.
From the sacbee.com
A nuclear power plant lies to the north, but the area is surrounded by farmland.
From the cnn.com
Thousands were evacuated as boiling mud engulfed houses, factories and farmland.
From the newscientist.com
The estimate of damage to shops, stalled factories and flooded farmland is $3bn.
From the independent.co.uk
The general rule is that one acre of farmland will feed one person for one year.
From the independent.co.uk
The government aims to transfer 30% of farmland to black South Africans by 2014.
From the bbc.co.uk
Most of the site is now owned by the Mormons and remains predominantly farmland.
From the guardian.co.uk
- A rural area where farming is practiced
- Cultivated land: arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
- Farmland Industries was the largest agricultural cooperative in North America when it declared bankruptcy in 2002.
- In geography, arable land (from Latin arare, to plough) is an agricultural term, meaning land that can be used for growing crops. ...
- (also farmlands) Land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
- (Farmlands) including savanna and woodland, form now a dominant habitat in The Gambia where crops were grown initially on a rotation system of 20 years with a fallow period. This practice has since changed to two or three years rotation. ...
- A category of land for zoning or other legal purposes, denoting property used for agricultural purposes.
- Land used for agricultural purposes. The federal government recognizes prime farmland and unique farmland as the most important categories. According to USDA, the United States has had roughly 1 billion acres of farmland. Farmland consists of cropland, pastureland, and grazing land.
