crops

Example Sentences

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"It means failed rains, dying crops, rising food prices, and families pushed to the edge yet again. In East Africa especially, this will land on communities already battered by droughts and floods in recent years."

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Fernández, 60, worked for years picking grapes, oranges and other crops.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Some family farmers are making more from clicks than crops, part of a growing class of “aginfluencers” monetizing farm life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Even as farmers have little control over their operational costs, they also have little say in how much they can sell their crops for.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

As if the blight was our fault and we wanted the crops to rot in the fields and had planned all along not to pay the rent to the lord of our cottage.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone