arable land
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Arable land is soil that can be plowed and used to grow crops. It matters because the amount of arable land available determines how much food a region or country can produce to feed its population.
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Modern mechanised agriculture permits large fields like this one in Dorset, England
Arable land (from Latin arābilis 'able to be ploughed or farmed') is any land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops. Alternatively, for the purposes of agricultural statistics, the term often has a more precise definition: