Most of the southwest US is desert with little surface water and rare periods of seasonal "monsoon" type rains. Farm crop plants (unlike desert plants) cannot handle this scarcity of water.
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Absolutely. Without irrigation, they would be able to produce very little.
Most of the southwest US is desert with little surface water and rare periods of seasonal "monsoon" type rains. Farm crop plants (unlike desert plants) cannot handle this scarcity of water.
Irrigation is important in the Southwest because it helps support agriculture in a region that has limited rainfall. It allows farmers to grow crops and sustain livestock by providing a controlled water supply to compensate for the arid climate. Without irrigation, agriculture in the Southwest would be severely limited.
Farmers in parts of Southwest Asia with higher annual rainfall, such as the northern regions of Turkey and Iran, may be able to grow crops without irrigation. Additionally, some coastal areas near the Mediterranean Sea may have suitable conditions for rain-fed agriculture.
Producers in the southwestern United States must use irrigation most of the time to raise crops, simply because, most of the time, there's insufficient moisture, without irrigation, to raise and produce crops. So the answer to this question is no.
Producers in the southwestern United States must use irrigation most of the time to raise crops, simply because, most of the time, there's insufficient moisture, without irrigation, to raise and produce crops. So the answer to this question is no.
Irrigation.
Irrigation if you're on Plato.
This is called irrigation - specifically it is "surface irrigation".
The main factor that led to irrigated farming in the southwest was the invention of the center-pivot irrigation system. The system was invented in 1948 by Frank Zybach, a farmer from Strasburg, Colorado. Much of the water used for irrigation in the Southwest US is from the Colorado River and groundwater.
Irrigation