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

“I was raised going to the ranch with my grandfather,” said Mr. Chimerica, who also practices dry farming.

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2021

This drawback will doubtless be got over hereafter by dry farming, or better still by irrigation, should the lakes to the north prove to be available.

From Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 by Mair, Charles