irrigation
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Though not immediately visible to the naked eye, the ranch features a number of infrastructural updates, including automated irrigation and a fire suppression system that runs off an 18,000-gallon tank buried underground.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
"Even if they get the irrigation then it's just extreme heat, which means the plant is not able to grow anymore."
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Lee said her family, which uses water-saving drip irrigation, should be allowed to pump more to keep the farm going.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The national authorities imposed irrigation restrictions on farmers in the southeast but those AFP talked to said they had not been affected so far.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Sweet Lord almighty, this is longer than my oral report on irrigation.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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"I can go online and see what irrigations are needed down in Santa Barbara, 300 miles away," says Mr Maraden, who is based in Napa, north west of San Francisco.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2024
This is where nasal irrigations can be so helpful.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2022
“If you took all the people who say they have chronic sinusitis in the world, and you put them all on nasal saline irrigations, a big proportion would not have any symptoms anymore,” he said.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2011
Using satellite imagery between 1998 and 2002, Beman and colleagues discovered algae blooms up to 220 square miles large that followed just days after the periodic irrigations in the valley.
From Washington Post
If you want to improve your afalfa, keep everything else out of the field and help the plants by regular irrigations during the balance of the growing season.
From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Edward J. (Edward James) Wickson
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