cropland
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cropland
Example Sentences
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The landscape includes large areas of rice paddies along with lotus fields, cultivated cropland, and pastureland.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 22, 2026
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 ● Feb. 27, 2026
The UN estimates 92% of housing units have been damaged or destroyed, 91% of schools will require full reconstruction or major rehabilitation, and 86% of cropland is damaged.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025
He said legislation and federal funds would be needed to compensate agricultural landowners who agree to take cropland out of production.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025
Wari techniques had reclaimed more than a million acres of cropland from mountainsides that almost anywhere else would have been regarded as impossibly dry, steep, and cold.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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