irrigated

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Janssen explained that 200 units of nitrogen are used per acre of irrigated corn.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

The property features three creeks that “meander through the ranch for over five miles,” as well as irrigated meadows and “historic water rights irrigating 1,200 acres.”

From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025

It has argued that just a 2% reduction in the amount of water it gets from the Nile could result in the loss of 200,000 acres of irrigated land.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2025

There, at least a quarter of all nitrogen oxides — the precursors to smog — are released by the area’s irrigated green spaces, according to research from UC Davis.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2024

Half of its farmland is devoted to labor-intensive, high-yield, irrigated rice agriculture, facilitated by abundant rivers flowing from the wet mountains onto sloping lowland plains.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond