irrigate

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

They have left vineyards struggling to sufficiently irrigate their plants, and caused crop yields to dwindle.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

Built to provide electricity for the southwestern United States and to irrigate Nevada, it was the great cause of Herbert Hoover.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

“Nope. Somebody else would irrigate that field for him.”

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

"Discharges seep into the water, flow into the nearby river that irrigates farmland, and end up in the fruit and vegetables on our plates."

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 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 soil, even with little culture, is exceedingly productive, owing to the abundance of water which irrigates and fertilizes it.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various

More than half of the Colorado River’s water is used for irrigated agriculture, and in recent years the federal government has been effectively subsidizing farmers to leave their water unused.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 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

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

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

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

From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026

The state’s action will prohibit landowners from irrigating any additional farmland in this part of La Paz County and require those with high-capacity wells to start reporting how much water they use.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026

He had to start irrigating his fields in March.

From BBC ● May 14, 2025

But he was not irrigating fields, milking cows, or otherwise performing feats of agricultural masochism which might warrant such early rising.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols