dry farming

American  

noun

1. dryland farming.

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dry farming British  

noun

1. a system of growing crops in arid or semiarid regions without artificial irrigation, by reducing evaporation and by special methods of tillage

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Other Word Forms

• dry farmer
  noun

Etymology

Origin of dry farming

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Cirone said dry farming should be viable in various parts of California, including areas where it hasn’t been tried before.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2023

If water is available, Woolf is looking at using drip irrigation for faster-growing, sugarier plants rather than the dry farming typically done in Mexico.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2023

Mr Smith uses dry farming techniques, meaning many of his vines are not irrigated.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2023

Some Hopi leaders say the tribe should do everything it can to preserve dry farming, a tribal tradition in which crops grow despite scant rainfall through drought-resistant seeds, small fields and terraced gardens.

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2021

If you are not ready to go to this expense, a subsoiler, following the plow with another team, would put your land in better shape for dry farming or for irrigation than it is now.

From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)