If modern farming protocols are to water at the soil, I would be strongly willing to bet that is the best way to water, at least for our particular situation of

If modern farming protocols are to water at the soil, I would be strongly willing to bet that is the best way to water, at least for our particular situation of growing the crops we grow on the farms we grow them on. Much has gone into studying how to best grow these crops, both at universities and research centers and on the field at farms themselves.