Black Dirt and Farmers
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Low fog hand over the fields of Pine Island on a cold morning October 31, 2014
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A migrant worker (left) and farm foreman Luis Gonzalez (right) make some adjustments to a new first of its kind to this area irrigation boom as it waters the black dirt onion fields in Warwick NY on Wednesday May 14, 2015
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A migrant worker makes a few minor adjustments to a new irrigation boom as it waters a black dirt region onion field in Warwick NY on Wednesday May 14, 2015
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A migrant worker (left) and farm foreman Luis Gonzalez (right) make some adjustments to a new first of its kind to this area irrigation boom as it waters the black dirt onion fields in Warwick NY on Wednesday May 14, 2015
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Alex Kocot owner of Harvest Queen Farms in Florida NY operates the pump used to feed water to the new irrigation boom in the onion fileds with water from a neaby irrigation ditch in the black dirt region of Warwick NY
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Thousands of feet of flexible water line are reeled out to the irrigation boom in the onion fields on the Kocot Farm in Warwick NY
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A migrant worker re-attaches a nozzle to the irrigation boom as it waters the black dirt onion fields on the Kocot farm in Warwick NY
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A migrant worker re-attaches a nozzle to the irrigation boom as it waters the black dirt onion fields on the Kocot farm in Warwick NY
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Farm foreman Luis Gonzalez (left) and migrant worker (right) clear out a clogged nozzle before re-attaching it to the new irrigation boom
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A irrigation boom the first of its kind to the black dirt region of Warwick NY waters the onion fields on the Kocot Farm Wednesday afternoon May 14, 2015
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Alex Kocot owner of Harvest Queen Farms in Florida NY checks out his lettuce fields in the black dirt region of Warwick NY on Wednesday May 14, 2015. Irrigation systems are being set up to water crops ealier this season due to the lack of rain. Alex wears long sleeve clothing and hoods to protect him from the sun.
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A pump drafts water from a irrigation ditch and feeds a series of pipes and flexible water line before reaching the irrigation boom.
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A farm tractor is used to move the reel of hose line that feeds the irrigation boom
