farmland
Example Sentences
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A total of 40 objections have been received, with concerns being raised over visual and landscape impact, noise and lighting pollution, loss of farmland, additional traffic, and restricted access.
From BBC
For the residents of the El Miskin camp for internally displaced persons, on the outskirts of town, there is no "business, no farmland, no proper living conditions, no schools", said camp chairman Hashim El Miskin.
From Barron's
JOHANNESBURG—In 1886, prospectors struck gold here on a stretch of farmland more than a mile above sea level.
The swathes of fertile farmland in Sudan, Africa's third-largest country and a potential agricultural breadbasket, have whetted the appetite of the desert Gulf countries across the Red Sea.
From Barron's
He began growing poinsettias as a winter crop in Hollywood, which was then mostly farmland, and the flowers sold so well they eventually became his main crop.
From Los Angeles Times
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