Sentences with phrase «to irrigate crops»

The fund has a substantial western Victoria cropping aggregation a prized King Island aggregation for beef production and a farming aggregation at Darlington Point for irrigated cropping in NSW which includes the famed Tubbo Station and Huddersfield.

That means turning down the spigot for farmers who irrigate crops with water from Upper Klamath Lake.

Production of cotton, the primary irrigated crop in the Southwest and in southern Arizona in particular, will drop to less than 10 percent of the crop yield under optimal irrigation conditions, the study projects.

This work demonstrates that SuperU can reduce N2O emissions from irrigated cropping systems, but the results suggest that there is a crop - dependent effect.

Furthermore, the recovery in summer crop production in 2003/04 is expected to be more muted than is typical, since the continuing shortage of stored water will constrain production of irrigated crops such as rice and cotton, particularly in New South Wales.

The treated water is used for irrigating crop on about 1,200 acres surrounding the plant.

While many researchers have investigated the effects of climate change on crop yields, Blanc's study is one of the first to consider how a changing climate may shape the availability and distribution of water basins on which irrigated crops depend.

Under the same business - as - usual scenario, the researchers projected higher yields for irrigated crops such as wheat, soybean, and sorghum.

The loss is more than cosmetic: The Alps supply a crucial source of water for irrigating crops across Europe.

The prospects for irrigated crop production and livestock industries are more subdued, with stored water levels still low in some states.

The threat of salt water invading fresh water aquifers, from which farmers irrigate crops, is as great as the risk of inundation.

In predicting how climate will affect irrigated crop yields in the future, the researchers also consider factors such as population and economic growth, as well as competing demands for water from various socioeconomic sectors, which are themselves projected to change as the climate warms.

Williams, who grew up on a Nebraskan farm and spent his summers irrigating crops, may be an unlikely tech hero, but his foresight into how people use social media is uncanny.

Recklessly starving the world's fourth - largest lake to irrigate crops turned rich waters into a barren wasteland.

Spaniards are also questioning the country's drive to grow more and more irrigated crops.

Recent analyses indicate that the entire production cycle — from growing irrigated crops on a farm to pumping biofuel into a car — can consume 20 or more times as much water for every mile traveled than the production of gasoline.

Turf grass is the single - largest irrigated crop in the United States.

This result is related to a declining yield gap between irrigated and rain - fed agriculture caused by yield reductions of irrigated crops due to higher temperatures, or yield increases of rain - fed crops due to more precipitation.

«If you are able to irrigate your crops with less water over time,» Ketterhagen said, holding his arms out and letting the silky plumes brush his palms, «I think you could create a more drought - resistant hay crop.»

Researchers writing in the latest edition of the journal Weed Science are providing new insights into the control of herbicide - resistant kochia, a weed that competes with both dryland and irrigated crops across the Great Plains states.

If all the water used to irrigate the crops fell from the sky as rain or was taken from rivers or underground sources in sustainable amounts we'd be in good shape, but sadly and increasingly, that is not the case (see sidebar for more on this).

The roots of the celebratory gathering go as far back as the Egyptians, who used to toast the annual overflow of the Nile, which irrigated crops.

The first is obvious: There are now about 38 million thirsty Californians living across the state, watering their lawns and golf courses, and irrigating crops in what is the most agriculturally productive state in the country.

The water is filtered and stored in a holding tank where it is recycled to flush the toilets or used for irrigating crops.

Prospects for irrigated crops and most livestock - related production, however, remain subdued (see «Box A: The Recovery from the Drought» for further details).

A small number of farmers are able to irrigate their crops.»

Pumping groundwater to irrigate crops, for instance, just isn't sustainable; over time groundwater is not a renewable resource.

Using less water to irrigate crops could restore the entire Aral Sea, says Micklin.

Reclaimed wastewater — graywater, sewage effluent and other waste — might seem gross, but if handled correctly, it can be a nutrient - rich way to irrigate crops.

It's also found in high concentrations in treated wastewater that is sometimes used to irrigate crops.

New Delhi's endemic shortfalls occur largely because water managers decided some years back to divert large amounts from upstream rivers and reservoirs to irrigate crops.

Water is a scarce commodity in Montana, and irrigated crops are by far the biggest consumer of it, although lately, there is growing demand from the oil and gas industry.

Using groundwater to irrigate crops has environmental and economic implications, Lettenmaier said.

«Evaluating greenhouse gas emissions in an irrigated cropping system.»

Nearly all water needed to supply cities, farms, and industry accumulates as snow in nearby or distant mountain ranges melts and runs down into rivers used to irrigate crops, sustains fish and wildlife, and quenches...

«That subjects rice to a different spectrum of disease, weeds and insect pests than dryland or irrigated crops.»

Some 400 to 500 sweat glands per square centimeter of skin pour out moisture onto your palms, irrigating crops of bacteria.

This matters because some 3 billion people live in this part of the world and most rely on river flows to irrigate their crops.

Lake Chad, for example, has been getting smaller due to climate fluctuations and because its used to irrigate crops.

In those cases, other causes of water shortages came into play due to local factors, such as increased water demand, population growth or methods used for irrigating the crops.

The east half (Yellowstone, Big Horn, and Treasure counties) is characterized by river valleys with irrigated crops and by dryland winter wheat production.

A deep well provides Blue Heron with water, they irrigate their crops with a combination of overhead sprinklers and drip tape.

Crops from bottomland close to a major river are a lot more dependable than irrigated crops from arid and distant terrain.

«If the water level in the Euphrates continues to decrease, there will be a disaster in July because it will not be possible to irrigate crops,» warned Aoun Thiab Abdullah, director of the National Centre for Water Resources.