Dry farming has roots stretching back millennia. But in the western United States, the practice largely fell out of widespread use in the 20th century. Today, however, farmers in the West are once ...

Cirone specializes in dry farming — applying little or no water, and relying on rainfall and the moisture stored in the ground. This is how farming has long been done in See Canyon near San Luis ...

The Dry Farming Collaborative at Oregon State University will convene on Feb. 8 to discuss dry farming techniques and the results from trials using the method. Dry farming employs techniques like ...

In the strict historical sense it may be that the “dry farming” methods are really the older, for some of the ancient civilisations—Babylon and Egypt —flourished in “dry” regions.

ON more than one fifth of India's total cultivable area crops have to be grown under conditions of precarious and inadequate rainfall. The area concerned exceeds seventy-seven million acres.

Farmers are facing the warmest spring on record. It means crops are failing and the grass to feed their animals isn't growing ...

Growing better grapes by conserving water. A leading winemaker reveals his viewpoints on water and wine in discussing ...

Dry farming can improve the quality of grapes and finished wine. The effect on the grapes grown can be profound. “Dry farming results in lower yields, but the fruit that is produced shows ...

Dry season maize farming means the planting of maize seeds, maintaining the maize field and harvesting the maize combs during summer. Dry season maize farming can be profitable venture since few ...