dry-farm
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of dry-farm
An Americanism dating back to 1915–20
Example Sentences
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Steve Gliessman and Roberta Jaffe own Condor’s Hope Vineyard at the foot of the Sierra Madre Mountains, where they dry-farm wine grapes without irrigation, relying on the rains.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2023
“In terms of water used per serving, rice can be pretty good. Lots of crops use a lot of water, and in most of California, you can’t dry-farm everything.”
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2018
“I wouldn’t dry-farm unless it was worth it, if I didn’t think it made better wine,” Bucklin says.
From The Guardian • May 5, 2016
Parsons describes his Colorado dry-farm orchard in which, under a rainfall of almost fourteen inches, he grows, with great profit, cherries, plums, and apples.
From Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall by Widtsoe, John Andreas
Over the whole of the dry-farm territory of the United States similar conditions of drouth occurred.
From Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall by Widtsoe, John Andreas
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