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  • Lack of water during droughts can also result in smaller and lighter-weight pumpkins, which is what Zekiah Farms and other non-irrigated farms experienced.

    Local pumpkins survive summer heat, fall rains Ann Posegate 2010

  • Pasture, non-irrigated winter wheat, spring barley, hay, and livestock grazing are the most common land uses in developed areas.

    Ecoregions of Wyoming (EPA) 2009

  • "Look at where people are malnourished today — in dry, non-irrigated land, mostly occupied by small farmers," says Wellesley College political scientist Robert Paarlberg, author of "Starved for Science" on the biotech ban in Africa.

    Crops With Attitude 2009

  • Conversion of unsustainable agricultural lands in semi-desert areas to sustainable native vegetation should be considered; get healthy short-grass going before things get worse, and it might be possible to retain some non-irrigated food production via low-intensity grazing.

    Climate Change I: sources of evidence for change e_moon60 2009

  • Today, Ecoregion 10i is dominated by non-irrigated winter wheat, barley, alfalfa, and green pea farming.

    Ecoregions of Oregon (EPA) 2009

  • Millet and corn are grown on the level land, but the sandy soil limits non-irrigated agriculture.

    Ecoregions of Kansas and Nebraska (EPA) 2008

  • Only in some parts of the country is the climate favorable for non-irrigated agriculture.

    Water profile of Ghana 2008

  • Overgrazing of livestock is the main threat in non-irrigated areas.

    Central Asian northern desert 2008

  • That means that, if you do it right, you can slap on attributes to your building like bike racks or a non-irrigated lawn and have LEED call you green without really thinking seriously -- or creatively -- about the environment.

    GOOD Magazine: The Life And Death Of Green Design 2008

  • Grazing is the dominant land use but non-irrigated wheat and barley farming is much more common than in the semiarid basins of Ecoregion 13.

    Ecoregions of Idaho (EPA) 2008

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