How to Use farmland in a Sentence

farmland

noun
  • The effect is not unique to farmland or even to land.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Well, there’s a lot of greenery, farmlands, a lot of trees.
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
  • The area, which is private and set back from the road, was farmland at one time.
    — Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 23 Apr. 2022
  • Not to mention that the value of farmland just went up and up.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2022
  • Thirteen of them linked the complex to farmland and the sea.
    — Pavlo Fedykovych, CNN Money, 12 June 2026
  • Glyphosate is sprayed on hundreds of millions of acres of farmland each year.
    — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 2 Mar. 2026
  • About 6,500 acres of farmland would need to go through this test.
    — Clara Migoya, The Arizona Republic, 20 Dec. 2024
  • At the edge of the village lie acres and acres of farmland tilled into rich black earth.
    — Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 30 May 2022
  • The route also has views of wetlands, prairies, and farmland.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Fish stocks have collapsed, and farmlands have been poisoned.
    — Abraham Nunbogu, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • That first summer, the former farmland on which our homes were built was over-run with ants.
    — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 28 May 2021
  • The wedding took place on an empty plot of farmland behind our house.
    — Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Homes, vehicles, and farmland have been burned.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Urban sewage and farmland runoff turned it into a toxic canal.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • On the other side of the fence is farmland, officials said.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 12 May 2026
  • The five-acre lot features farmland, a barn, a chicken coop and a small greenhouse.
    — Genevieve Redsten, Journal Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2023
  • The farmland is surrounded by trees.
    — Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Over the past 60 years, the region has lost 80% of its farmland.
    — Riley Robinson, Christian Science Monitor, 8 June 2025
  • Next, with 17 mentions, were concerns about the loss of farmland.
    — Dan Gearino, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Humans spray enough glyphosate to coat every acre of farmland in the world with half a pound of it every year.
    — Annie Shattuck, The Conversation, 2 July 2021
  • Once farmland is gone, it is rarely reclaimed for agriculture.
    — Joe Dymek, Baltimore Sun, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Water covered thousands of acres of farmland for weeks.
    — Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025
  • There is a need for programs to help reduce taxes on farmland and its buildings.
    — Joe Dymek, Baltimore Sun, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The game shows the user one of two vehicles in a desert, town or farmland setting.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Part of the farmland is in Hugo; the rest is in May Township.
    — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 30 July 2024
  • The ridge of dirt kept the river and the tides from spreading onto nearby farmland.
    — John Ryan, NPR, 3 May 2026
  • The family owned about 400 acres of farmland around the bogs.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 10 May 2022
  • Some of the gravesites were hidden away on the farmland of Bosnian Serbs.
    — Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2022
  • The land itself is a mix of open grassland and productive farmland.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2026
  • In the Delta, too, a white minority has held most of the wealth and farmland.
    — Boyce Upholt, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026

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