cropland

Example Sentences

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Researchers have calculated that large portions of California’s irrigated cropland will need to be permanently left dry in the coming years.

From Los Angeles Times

“Since 1900 the world has increased its population by 400 per cent; its cropland area by 30 per cent; its average yields by 400 per cent and its total crop harvest by 600 per cent,” Matt Ridley wrote in his 2010 book, “The Rational Optimist.”

From The Wall Street Journal

We were coming past Tarbox territory, weedy hay-land and rough cropland, seen through fallen fences.

From Literature

For that much money, one could have bought all U.S. cropland and 16 Exxon Mobils with $1 trillion in change.

From The Wall Street Journal

Although organic farming has grown over the years, it accounts for less than 10% of all cropland statewide, far from the 20% goal by 2045 that California has adopted.

From Los Angeles Times