Glossary Of Agriculture Agriculture 101

10-24-2022

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It is impossible for me to list all terms used in agriculture. I am working on listing the most widely used terms. If you need help defining a term email for help. tom@agriculture4kids.com

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Agriculture:

The practice of growing plants and animals. It includes it includes every area of production and sales to consumers. A butcher shop and grocery store can be considered part of agriculture.

The different branches of Agriculture

Agronomy:

the branch of agriculture dealing with crop production through soil management. The main focus of agronomy is the soil more than the plant. Pasture management would come under agronomy. See the page on agronomy

Animal Husbandry

The care and breeding of livestock

Aquaculture:

the area of agriculture concerning of growing various animals and plants in ponds or tanks. Including fish, shrimp, and oysters. Growing of rice and cranberries could be considered part of aquqculture.

Etomology

The study of insects and pest

Horticulture:

is the branch of agriculture dealing with growing and of care plants including fruits, vegetables, trees, and flowers. It also includes field crops such as corn, soybeans, and wheat. It deals with the plant more than the soil.

Hydroponics:

the practice of growing vegetable without soil in mainly water usually in greenhouses.

Vermiculture

growing of worms

Apiculture

beekeeping; Apiary: where bees are kept

20 Branches of Agriculture and Related Fields | Detailed - CropForLife

Crop:

What is grown on a farm. Usually considered as plants, grain, vegetables or fruit. The farmer planted a crop of corn. or the orchard produces a crop of apples. Crop also is the total yield of what is planted. The farm's soybean crop was 10,000 bushels of soybeans or 1000 bushels of apples. It also can be applied to livestock production. The farmer had a 100 head crop of lambs. The cow herd will have a good calf crop this year.

Crop rotation:

The practice of not planting the same crop in a field every year. A typical rotation of corn, wheat and soybeans

Cross Pollination:

GE:

Genetic Engineered:

GMO:

Genetic Modified Organism:

a plant, animal or microbe in which one or more changes have been made to the genome, typically using high-tech genetic engineering, in an attempt to alter the characteristics of an organism. Genes can be introduced, enhanced or deleted within a species, across species or even across kingdoms. A genetically modified organism contains DNA that has been altered using genetic engineering.

Genetically Modified Organism (genome.gov)

Genetically Modified Organisms | National Geographic Society

Precision Agriculture:		The use of modern technology to improve production. It involves making precise decisions based on information collected through modern techniques. It includes data collects through the of GPS and improved production records.
		Precision Agriculture 101 (precisionfarmingdealer.com)

Know Your Animals

Bovine:

Cattle: female is a cow, male is a bull

Capine

Goats: female is a nanny, male is a billy

Equine:

Horses: female is a mare, male is a stud or stallion; Donkeys: female is a Jennet, male is a jack

Horse Terms

Stallion:

A male horse of breeding age, over years old

Mare:

A female horse of breeding age

Gelding:

A male horse that has been neutered and cannot breed

Foal:

Is any baby horse

Colt:

a colt {horse colt} is male foal, any male horse under breeding age

Filly:

is a female foal, any female hores under five year old that has never been bred

Deep Hollow Ranch - Top Resource for Learning Horses Online

Ovine:

Sheep: female is a ewe, male is a buck

Swine:

Hogs, pigs: female is a sow, male is a boar

Mule:		Offspring male donkey {jack} and a female horse {mare} Mules cannot breed; A female mule is often called a molly, male mules are often called johns
		Mule Facts (luckythreeranch.com)

Hinny:

Offspring of a male horse {stud, stallion} and a female donkey {jenny or jennet}

Cervidae		Deer Female deer is a doe, male deer is a buck, baby deer is a fawn
		About Deer of the World \| A Deer Website (the leading authority on deer) (worlddeer.org)

Tillage:

Tillage and cultivation are very close in meaning. Is the preparation of soil for planting. Tillage is often thought of the final preparation of the seed bed right before planting the seeds. See Tillers

Tractor:

The workhorse of farm machinery. The tractor is a vehicle that pulls most other equipment such as plows and other implements. Tractors have PTO shafts and hydraulic pumps the run Attachments.

Attachments:

Farm equipment that attaches directly to ta tractor's PTO or hydraulic power

Hydraulic:

Power Take Off:

A shaft powered by the engine of a tractor used to operate equipment such as a rotary tiller

Truck Patch:

A area of a farm that is devoted to growing vegetables to be sold. Usually the farmer would haul what he raised in his truck patch to market in his pickup truck.

Weights and Measure

Bushel:

four gallons

Ear Corn:

Bushel= 70 pounds

The kernels still on the cob

Shelled Corn:

Bushel= 56 pounds

Soybeans:

Bushel= 60 pounds

Wheat:

Bushel= 60 pounds

Oats:

Bushel= 32 pounds

Apples

Bushel= 40 pounds

Bushel=

Weight and Measures for Agricultural Commodities (usda.gov)

Please note: While measured in bushels most commodities are bought and sold by weight, per 100 pounds or per cwt. Those who purchase grain quote prices per bushel. When grain is sold to be used for livestock feed or to be used for food production it is sold by weight. [Example: shelled corn price of $7.00 per bushel = $12.50 per cwt.]

CWT:

centum or cental weight, hundredweight

What Is CWT (Hundredweight) and How Do You Calculate It? (investopedia.com)