arable

Example Sentences

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As spring weather finally comes to Wiltshire's arable fields, farmers are getting busy preparing to plant.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Livestock farmers would be "hammered" by the price rise, Williamson added, as they bought fertiliser as and when they needed it, not in advance like arable farmers.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Just four percent of arable land is farmed in Congo-Brazzaville, which is largely covered in forest.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

Irma was one of Chávez’s direct beneficiaries; she received a parcel of arable land which she cultivated with her brother.

From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026

It was not lawn, nor pasture, nor mead, nor woodland, nor lea, nor arable, nor waste land.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer