Example Sentences

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After trying out a test plot a few years ago, Woolf went on to plant some 200,000 agave on land he otherwise would have fallowed.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2023

In anticipation of the cuts, some farmers have fallowed fields or switched to less water-intensive crops.

From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2021

Meanwhile, to the south, the 2,500 landowners in the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Authority have fallowed more land this year than ever before - 40,000 acres.

From Washington Times • Jul. 9, 2015