to work the soil by turning over the top layer; the machine used to turn the top layer of soil
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Damage caused to grassland when animals churn up the fields during wet weather.
to fertilize by transferring pollen from the anther to the stigma of a flower
growing multiple crops in association with one another; the opposite of monoculture
A finished pig sold for pork. The youngest grade of adult pigmeat.
a town or city where ships are loaded with products to be shipped overseas
Every country in the European Union has a limit to the amount of milk that it is allowed to produce. That is its ‘quota’. The total quota is divided up between all the dairy farmers in the country. Their individual quota is the number of litres of milk that they […]
The European Union pays a subsidy to farmers who keep sheep. This subsidy is known as Sheep Annual Premium (SAP). There is a limit to the amount of subsidy that any farmer can claim, governed by how much quota the farm possesses. A farmer who has 100 units of quota […]
Fitting rams with a harness that contains a paint block. The paint leaves a mark on the rump of each ewe with whom the ram mates. Lack of a mark tells the farmer which ewes should remain longer with the ram. Sometimes thick paint is applied directly to the ram’s […]
an attempt to use agriculture to improve degraded land; this approach to organic farming employs a variety of methods to build topsoil and sequester carbon
place where lard, tallow, and oil are extracted from animal parts
A herbicide that will remain in the soil and continue to destroy weeds long after it is applied.
Of sheep – overturned. A heavily pregnant, broad backed ewe may roll over and be unable to right herself. She is rigwelted. There is also a beer called Rigwelter due to the similar effect it is said to have on humans.
A sign that sheep are ready for shearing. The previous winter’s greasy wool is lifted away from the skin by new wool that is much easier to cut. The Rise is seen as a yellowish line.
the changing of the specific fields used for one crop year to year
Grazing on natural, unmanaged grass and other vegetation growing on mountain slopes, moorland etc.
crops that are cultivated by machinery on a large scale, which requires them to be planted in orderly rows, rather than by hand; the term is used primarily in reference to grains and other commodity crops
the large points on the end of a combine used to pick-up corn
the first large compartment of the stomach of a bovine; its bacteria and protazoa break down cellulose
An animal (they are all herbivores) that ‘chew the cud’. Examples are cattle, sheep and deer but NOT horses. They digest more of a plant than ‘single stomached’ animals by having a ‘rumen’ (the first of several stomachs) where the plant material they have eaten are fermented by micro-organisms to […]