No corn would grow on the barren field, and the Iroquois suffered a brief famine. :)
The desert was barren.
My uncle's first wife had been barren, but he had two sons from his second wife. The barren desert was interrupted only by an infrequent oasis. The surface of the Moon is made of barren rock and dust.
The farmers have a barren land, but they have a loving and nice family.
The word Barren means not capable of producing plants or crops; unproductive