dry farming

Early Girl is well suited to a technique known as "dry farming".

Dry farming began in the area of Clinton in 1879.

They set about the difficult task of dry farming.

Dry farming, as a type of commercial agriculture, begins in Utah.

This place is a drying farming area and has longer frost-free days.

Today, the value of dry farming to creating superior wine is generally recognized.

Prior to the 1940s, only dry farming existed in the area.

The communities were located near good arable land, with dry farming common in the earlier years of this period.

When the 1875 drought ruined the livestock industry, Freeman turned to dry farming.

Due to shortage of irrigation water the dry farming is preferred in the village.

Dry farming was a major occupation in the area up through the 1930s and is a vital part of the local economy today.

"I'm a believer in dry farming, poor soil, high stress, and you've got to have a view," he said.

In regions where rainfall is scant, irrigation may provide an alternative to dry farming.

Dry farming is practical on a large scale.

Dry farming on a subsistence level was practiced in the Land of Israel for over 2000 years.

Prior to digging the first deep well about 1980s, dry farming was the only agricultural method.

Traditional dry farming is now being replaced by irrigated farming.

A few fields are irrigated from springs, but most Hopi farmers practice dry farming.

It was the time of the large Mormon dry farming experiment, as Metropolis.

The main occupation of the villagers is agriculture, a dry farming dependant upon the rains.

He is a champion of dry farming.

Stable environmental conditions favorable to dry farming throughout the Colorado Plateau.

And they knew about dry farming, not about cultivating irrigated land."

Its experiments with dry farming - cutting back on irrigation - has reduced yields and produced some exceptional wines.

Dry farming and growing fruit on benchlands are other ways farmers have accommodated to the natural environment.