Recent Examples on the WebThe 1998 edition had six stages, seven campgrounds, a rodeo arena that featured opportunities for amateurs to try their luck and 200 arts and crafts booth on 244 acres of farmland.—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024 Investors have agreed to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on plots of farmland via video calls.—John Liu, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024 Couriers aboard the aircraft carried hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash to buy farmland, sometimes for twice or three times its value.—Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024 The conversion of their natural prairie habitats to farmland also played a part their expansion to new territories.—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Mar. 2024 Around a quarter of the total holding — 270 acres of farmland — left the family’s ownership in September.—Stephen Castle, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024 In a search warrant affidavit filed by the Franklin Police Department, officers described an at least six-greenhouse operation on farmland off of 116th Street on the city's south side.—Frank E. Lockwood, arkansasonline.com, 30 Mar. 2024 As a result, once-rich farmland lay fallow, becoming dangerously fragile and prone to landslides during monsoon season.—Anne Field, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024 The Colorado River supplies cities and farmlands in seven states from Wyoming to California, as well as 30 tribal nations.—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
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