arable
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The U.S. has plentiful arable land, navigable rivers, large coastlines and access to two oceans.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 28, 2026
Despite arable land making up just three percent of the territory, it is one of Argentina's main producers of olive oil, grapes, tomatoes and pistachios.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
James Cossins who runs a dairy, beef and arable farm in Tarrant Rawston, near Blandford, Dorset, said prices had doubled for the 200-300 litres of diesel he needed each day to run his tractors.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
We call the deep, folded valleys of West Dorset “coombes,” a topography often too steep for tractors; too awkward to be given over to large-scale arable farming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
Every scrap of arable land had been terraced and planted with barley, bitter buckwheat, or potatoes.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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