Kilo
kilo: Kilo – same as kilogram. Helps farmers understand and use weight measurements.
Agricultural Terms and Helpful Expert Insight
kilocalorie: Kilocalorie – a unit of measurement of heat equal to 1000 calories. In scientific use, the SI unit joule is now more usual. 1 calorie = 4.186 joules. Helps farmers understand energy content in animal feed.
knotgrass: Knotgrass – a common weed (Polygonum aviculare) which affects spring cereals, sugar beet and vegetable crops. Its spreading habit prevents other slower-growing plants from growing. Also called ironweed, irongrass, pigweed, wireweed. Helps farmers identify and control weed infestations.
kidney bean: Kidney bean – a climbing French bean, with red seeds, used as a vegetable. Helps farmers diversify vegetable crops.
kid-snatching: Kid-snatching – the practice of taking a new-born kid away from its mother to prevent her from licking it and so passing on caprine arthritis-encephalitis. Helps farmers manage health risks in goat herds.
Kentish cob: Kentish cob – a commercially grown variety of hazel nut. Helps farmers grow nut crops for commercial production.
kidding pen: Kidding pen – a pen in which a doe is kept when giving birth to kids. Helps farmers provide safe and clean birthing environments for goats.
Kerry Hill: Kerry Hill – a breed of small hill sheep originating in the Kerry hills of Powys in Wales. It has a soft white fleece and speckled face and legs. The ewes are crossed with Down rams for lamb production. Helps farmers manage sheep breeding for meat and wool production.
killing out percentage: Killing out percentage – the deadweight of an animal expressed as a percentage of its live weight. Helps farmers assess meat yield from livestock.
kitchen garden: Kitchen garden – a garden with herbs and small vegetables, ready for use in the kitchen. Helps farmers grow and manage small-scale food production.
kemp-free mohair: Kemp-free mohair – mohair which does not have any kemp. Helps farmers produce high-quality mohair.
killing age: Killing age – the age of an animal or bird when it is slaughtered. Helps farmers determine the optimal time for harvesting livestock for meat.