fallow
adjective
(of land) plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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But one practice that’s off-limits for Brundy is fallowing — leaving fields unplanted to spare the water that would otherwise irrigate crops.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2023