Gro-pedia

or countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities.

a blade with a long handle used to cut grass, grain, and other crops

a tractor-drawn implement used to sow seed, at a precise depth and the spacing, over a large area

A fungal disease of wheat and to a lesser extent of barley and oats. The spores of septoria are spread by rain splashes and a wet spring can promote a severe infection. Septoria reduces the number, size and quality of grains produced. The yield of an infected crop may be […]

Making an animal pregnant naturally or by artificial insemination.

Land that arable farmers must take out of production for one or more years. In exchange for setting aside the land from production the farmer receives compensation for the crop he would otherwise have grown

the act of cutting hair or wool

A young sheep between its first and second shearing. Sheep are normally sheared once a year.

It is the movement of a farmer from one piece of land to another after years of cultivation, as a result of soil degradation associated with soil mining. It is responsible for almost 70% of deforestation in Tropical Africa, and together with the relate bush-fallow slash-and-burn cultivation system, disturbs more […]

a pile of grain that is set up like a cone

Grass or other crops that have been cut, allowed to wilt but not completely dry out, and are then preserved in plastic wrapping or in a large mound or pit (called a clamp) from which all air is excluded. Silage is fed to livestock through the winter when fresh grass […]

a place where animals marketed for meat are killed humanely

Animal dung mixed with water or urine. It can be stored in a slurry lagoon before being spread on fields as a fertiliser.

a small farm operating under a small-scale agriculture model

careful preservation or protection of soil

Northern term. Weaning, especially of lambs.

denotes fruits, nuts, and vegetables; the term is often used to as a catch-all for any crop that is not considered a commodity crop

a group of living things that share common biological characteristics

See Bullock.