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Agriculture
The practice of cultivating soil, crops, and livestock and the preparation or marketing of those products.The practice of cultivating soil, crops, and livestock and the preparation or marketing of those products.
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sprinkler
Agriculture; Irrigation
A pressurized system where water is distributed through pipes to the field and applied through a variety of outlet sprinkler heads or nozzles. Pressure is used to spread water ...
sprinkler irrigation
Agriculture; Irrigation
Irrigation water is applied through a pressurized system. The pressure causes the water to flow out through the sprinkler nozzle and fly through the air and falls onto the soil ...
subirrigation
Agriculture; Irrigation
A water table control system that uses the raising of the water table to add water to the root zone. Water is introduced into parallel open ditches and flows under the root zone ...
subsurface
Agriculture; Irrigation
A low pressure system that falls into the trickle category with the defining characteristic being that the laterals, emitters and line source tubes are buried beneath the soil ...
surface irrigation
Agriculture; Irrigation
Irrigation method where the soil surface is used to transport the water via gravity flow from the source to the plants. Common surface irrigation methods are furrow irrigation, ...
surge irrigation
Agriculture; Irrigation
Water is sent down a furrow in pulses. After the initial surge, the furrow is allowed to dry. This wetting and drying cycle continues throughout the whole irrigation event. ...
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