irrigate

Belly Begum, a 55-year-old farmer, struggles to irrigate her land during frequent power cuts.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

We irrigate our lawns and other greenery, which is a boon to the beetles because they need moist landscapes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

If he was to irrigate all his crops to keep them alive, the costs would be so high his cauliflowers, spuds and carrots would be far pricier than supermarket alternatives.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

A water source gets contaminated in some way, and that water is then used to irrigate a field.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

After an avocado salad lunch on the day Joe Mondragon first began to irrigate his beanfield, Ladd Devine’s starched and prissified personal secretary, Emerson Lapp, scuttled like a nervous crayfish into the Devines’ private den.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

A water system irrigates the plants via a nutrient substrate, a liquid fertiliser that replaces the nutrients and minerals naturally present in the soil.

From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026

Nearby, water pumped from the Ogallala Aquifer irrigates fields of peanuts and cotton.

From Salon ● May 7, 2024

And because most pumped groundwater irrigates crops, major declines in availability could lead to a global food crisis.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 25, 2023

The Rio Grande provides water to more than 6 million people in southern Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico and irrigates thousands of square miles of farmland.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2022

The heaviest and most unjust tax is that upon the "sageer," or water wheel, by which the farmer irrigates his otherwise barren soil.

From The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile by Sir Samuel White Baker

Keep plants irrigated, grass mowed and tree branches 10 feet from chimneys and structures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

For golf courses this means the greens and tees can be irrigated but the fairways cannot.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

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

Early rice agriculture in Korea used dry-field methods rather than irrigated paddies and was not particularly productive.

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

Italy’s longest river, the Po, is essential for irrigating farmland.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

"Farmers have reported issues with spring crops and have had to start irrigating earlier because of the dry soils," a spokesperson said.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

It's essential to the entire operation here: irrigating young plants, spraying fertilizers and plowing the soil.

From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026

The study, published in Environmental Science and Technology, is part of a broader effort to understand the safety of irrigating crops with municipal wastewater.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 15, 2026

The earliest advance over human muscle power was the use of animals—cattle, horses, and donkeys—to pull plows and to turn wheels for grinding grain, raising water, and irrigating or draining fields.

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