wet-rice agriculture

[ wet-rahys ]

/ ˈwɛtˈraɪs /

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the cultivation of rice by planting on dry land, transferring the seedlings to a flooded field, and draining the field before harvesting.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

Fracking, in this regard, is no different from gypsum mining, or some kinds of industrial agriculture.
New York’s Conservative Fracking Ban|Jay Michaelson|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Fidel jumped out and hopped into the ocean without getting wet.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind|Brin-Jonathan Butler|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The book details his confrontations with neoconservatives, and his alliance with Condoleezza Rice.
The Best Memoirs of 2014|William O’Connor|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Rice had received this video in discovery during his criminal case, but it had not been aired publicly, as had the first video.
The $44 Million Teflon Don of the NFL|Mike Barnicle|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

At that meeting, Rice told the Commissioner that he had hit Mrs. Rice in the elevator.
The $44 Million Teflon Don of the NFL|Mike Barnicle|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He turned to the gentle accents of his sweet Alice, breathed in a letter which had been wet with her grateful tears.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
Turn we our backs to the cold gloomy north, to the wet windy west, to the dry parching east—on to the south!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
It laid its hold upon agriculture, sowing and reaping the grain and transporting it to the ends of the earth.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
The farmer told him it was six miles; "but," he added, "you must ride sharp, or you will get a wet jacket before you reach it."
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
English Agriculture has a thorough and cleanly aspect which I have rarely observed elsewhere.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley