farm land
Soil for crops
Land used for agriculture—growing crops or raising livestock.
Farmland may be cultivated fields, pastures, orchards, or any acreage devoted to food production.
The term often appears in discussions of land use, development pressure, or conservation: Developers are buying up farmland on the edge of town.
Also spelled as one word: farmland.
- amber wavesWindblown golden grain fields
- soilGround matter for planting
- fieldArea of specialty
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
- meadowGrassy field for grazing
back forty · forty acres · seed · cultivation · cropland · row · homestead · tillage · acreage · country living · ranch · crop rotation · cash crop · olive groves · terroir · soil fertility · crops · dirt
- Plains Farmingwinter wheat, soybeans, corn, sorghum, alfalfa
- farmingcrop, crops, harvest, harvests, harvesting
- land usezoning ordinances, suburban sprawl, industrial, pastureland, commercial zoning
farm landcity
Large populated area
industrial zone · built-up area · commercial property · metropolitan area · suburbs
farm landwilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
virgin forest · untouched land · untouched nature · pristine wilderness · primeval forest