irrigate

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

"Now you can't get away with that, you have to irrigate young trees or they die."

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 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

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

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

Its eyes and spine would irrigate a desert.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

"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

But thousands of men were pouring into Redding to build the dam — a 602-foot concrete behemoth that irrigates millions of acres of Central Valley farmland — and they sure worked up an appetite.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 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 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

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

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

Neat rows of collard greens and kale stretch across irrigated beds, while orchards of peach trees — the ranch’s signature fruit — appear throughout the property.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026

Certainly its presence was enough to account for the damage to crops irrigated with this water.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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

With a sigh, Amarante lisped, “Jose Mondragon is irrigating his old man’s beanfield over there on the west side.”

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols