unplanted

1 The federal government previously promised to use some $4 billion for drought relief, and Colorado River users have submitted proposals to get some of that money through actions like leaving fields unplanted.

2 That provides some hope that groundwater pumping and replenishment can be brought into balance, most likely by leaving some cropland unplanted.

3 “There is a movement and tension in the forms that work well in the landscape. They look just as beautiful unplanted as when they are planted,” Lord says.

4 But farmers in California and Arizona say that’s not enough money to account to cover losses if they leave fields unplanted or to pay for things like installing more efficient irrigation systems.

5 Nearly all the farmland that was left unplanted and dry falls within the Central Valley, and a large portion of it in the valley’s northern half.

6 Farmers in parts of Arizona have left some fields dry and unplanted, and have turned to more groundwater pumping.

7 Many growers have seen their water deliveries cut sharply, and have turned to pumping more groundwater or leaving some farmland dry and unplanted.

8 South Dakota led the nation in unplanted acres last year after storms and flooding hit many parts of the state.

9 Even survival did not mean good health, and, with fields unplanted and animals uncaught, starvation followed closely behind.

10 Major agricultural regions in California and Arizona are predicting U.S. food supplies could be squeezed as farmers will have to leave more land unplanted.

11 They are nearly naked — unplanted, in bags, with their roots covered only by some wood shavings.

12 To keep more water in the Rio Grande, the state and irrigation districts are offering to pay farmers to leave fields unplanted, but so far, few have opted in.

13 “I have an aversion to seeing acres going unplanted. But we had one of the coolest and rainiest Mays on record, and that’s not conducive to healthy corn and soybean planting,” Palmer said.

14 The 2014 law is expected to eventually bring pumping limits that force growers to leave some farmland dry and unplanted.

15 Farmers who lost billions of dollars in grain, livestock, equipment, structures and unplanted crops are wondering whether they should - or can - return to the fertile bottomlands next year.

16 Over the summer, a half million acres of farmland lay sodden and unplanted.

17 The federal government has put up $4 billion for drought relief, and Colorado River users have submitted proposals to get some of that money through actions like leaving fields unplanted.

18 He was affable and hardworking, but after harvesting his corn and soybeans, the farmer left her fields unplanted.

19 Some of those reduction will come through payments for water conservation in farming areas, including payments to growers who leave some fields dry and unplanted.

20 Though still not allocated, the drought relief funding will generally pay farmers to leave fields unplanted and will pay for water conservation and habitat restoration projects.

1 未开垦的

unbroken unimproved uncultivated untilled unreclaimed

2 自然生长的

botanical botanic spontaneous

3 自然生长

botanical botanic spontaneity

4 未经栽培的

wild