Gro-pedia

Producing milk.

A place where livestock are kept temporarily. A waiting, holding or recovery area supplied with appropriate feeding and watering facilities. They are commonly found at markets, ports and abbotoirs.

Before the invention of two-way ploughs soil could only be turned one way. For convenience fields were divided into sections called lands which were ploughed by going round and around turning the soil to the middle. Lands were sited in different places each year.

Poultry food suitable for birds producing large numbers of eggs.

any plant that grows seeds in a pod such as peas and beans

Area of the country designated under European Union rules as needing extra financial support to sustain farming communities.

any animals raised on the farm

Animal dung generally mixed with the bedding straw and ‘composted’.

where products are sold and exchanged

a small-scale commercial farm, usually no more than an acre or two, where a large variety of crops are grown; the crops are typically sold directly to consumers, restaurants, and retailers, rather than through wholesale distributors

An infection of the udder. If left untreated it can severely damage the ability of a cow or sheep to produce milk.

the material which makes up something

See Meat and Bone Meal

A dry mix of feed ingredients, usually with the individual feeds distinguishable in the mix.

An ingredient in animal feed and fertiliser. It is produced largely from the bits humans don’t want to or can’t eat. Typically guts and bones, but also carcasses unfit for human consumption. The meat is ground and heat treated (ie cooked) and then dried to a meal. The product is […]

tiny living things that can only be seen with a microscope

A place where cows (or other animals) are milked. Usually attached to a dairy.

1: To Mill, verb – grind ingredients to make Meal OR 2: noun – a synonym for Meal.

A narrow, unlined drain in clay soil made with a special plough. A long narrow blade with a cylindrical foot is dragged through poorly draining soil leaving a circular cross sectioned hole with a disturbed section of soil above it. Mole drains require no liners and may continue to work […]

a large planting of a single crop, often on the scale of hundreds or thousands of acres; monoculture plantings are typically associated with the use of large machinery and agrichemicals