farmland
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farmlands
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First, we travel to Maysville, Ky., where two self-described “country hicks” turned down a life-changing $26 million offer from a company that wants to build an AI data center on their farmland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Southwestern Germany has been hard-hit by high temperatures and low rainfall this summer, which has dried out farmland and seen river levels drop.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
But subtract 500 acres for the data center, and you still have 379,679 acres of Nodaway County farmland left.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Destroyed buildings east of Deir al Balah, where farmland and residential areas appear largely deserted following the advance of the Yellow Line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Then the small pockets of people vanish as we run along the road through farmland.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
In addition to these are wildfires that break out naturally because of dry conditions in forests and farmlands.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
"We have lost quite a number of farmlands with massive erosion, and the farm plants that we had planted ," said the chief of Nyakach, Seth Oluoch Agwanda, 57.
From Barron's ● Mar. 22, 2026
Water running off farmlands flows into the saline lake, and less water would shrink the lake faster, affecting wildlife and nearby communities where windblown dust brings high asthma rates and other health problems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
Banging pots and yelling, the 78-year-old retired military pilot routinely led the charge when his neighbors attempted to drive the animals from farmlands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
“Ladies and gentlemen, I have a grave announcement to make. Incredible as it may seem...those strange beings who landed in the Jersey farmlands tonight are the vanguard of an invading army from the planet Mars.”
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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