Speckled Yellowing
by speckled yellowing: a disease of sugar beet caused by a deficiency of manganese. Managing speckled yellowing ensures healthy sugar beet crops, preventing yield losses and maintaining quality.
Let-Down
Let-Down: Let-down refers to the let-down of milk, the release of milk from the mammary gland. The hormone oxytoxin activates the release of milk. The let-down lasts between seven and ten minutes, when the extraction of milk from the udder is easiest. Understanding the let-down process helps dairy farmers optimize milking efficiency.
Second Early Potatoes
second early potatoes: The crop of potatoes that follows the first early crop. Farmers benefit from growing second early potatoes to extend the harvesting season and improve crop rotation.
Pupa
pupa: A stage in the development of some insects such as butterflies when the larva becomes encased in a hard shell. The plural is pupae. Helpful content: Recognizing the pupal stage in beneficial insects helps farmers implement biological control methods. Protecting and encouraging beneficial insects can enhance pest management and crop health.
Prolonged
prolonged: Lasting for a long time. Helpful content: Understanding the impacts of prolonged environmental conditions, such as drought or cold spells, helps farmers implement adaptive strategies. Proper planning and resource management can mitigate the effects of adverse conditions on crop and livestock production.
Animal Inspector
animal inspector: An official whose job is to inspect animals to see if they have notifiable diseases and are being kept in acceptable conditions. Farmers benefit from inspections to ensure livestock health and compliance with regulations.
Polythene
polythene: A type of plastic used to make artificial fibres, packaging, boxes, and other articles. Also called polyethylene. Helpful content: Polythene products are essential for protecting crops, conserving soil moisture, and reducing weed pressure. Farmers can use polythene mulches and covers to enhance crop growth and improve overall farm productivity.
Food Hygiene
Food Hygiene: The series of actions taken to ensure clean, healthy conditions for handling, storing, and serving food. Proper food hygiene practices ensure food safety and quality.
Grey Water
grey water: Grey water is relatively clean wastewater from sinks, baths, and kitchen appliances. Using grey water for irrigation supports water conservation, reducing costs and enhancing farm sustainability.
Beef Sweat Gland
The sweat glands of cattle, often used for medicinal purposes. For example, producing beef sweat gland for pharmaceutical and health applications.
Production
production: The act of manufacturing or producing something. Helpful content: Efficient production practices are essential for maximizing farm output. Farmers can adopt innovative technologies and sustainable methods to enhance productivity and reduce environmental impact.
Outwinter
outwinter: Keeping cattle and sheep outdoors in fields during the winter months. Outwintering can reduce housing costs and improve animal health. Farmers can benefit from implementing proper outwintering practices, such as providing shelter and adequate nutrition, to maintain livestock welfare and productivity.
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions: A document containing common questions and their answers related to a particular subject. Abbr FAQ. Providing FAQs helps farmers access important information and make informed decisions.
Leaf Area Index
Leaf Area Index: Leaf area index is the area of green leaf per unit area of ground. Abbr LAI. Monitoring leaf area index can help farmers assess crop health and optimize irrigation and fertilization.
Fortified Food
Fortified Food: Food with vitamins or proteins added to make it more nutritional. Providing fortified food ensures high-quality nutrition for livestock and supports their health and productivity.
Disease Resistance
disease resistance: The ability of a plant or animal to prevent or overcome infection by pathogens. Breeding for disease resistance can improve crop and livestock health and reduce the need for chemical treatments.
Dairy Promotion
Activities and campaigns designed to increase consumer awareness and demand for dairy products. For example, running dairy promotion events to educate consumers about the benefits of milk and dairy products.
Cornflower
Cornflower: Cornflower /k?nfla??/ noun a common weed (Centaurea cyanus) with tall stems and bright blue flowers. Managing cornflower involves using weed control measures to protect crops.
Discharged
discharged: The process of converting a substance into gas, or the loss of electrical energy from a battery. Managing the discharge of substances and equipment is important for maintaining farm operations and safety. Farmers should implement proper handling, storage, and disposal practices to prevent contamination and accidents. Understanding the processes and impacts of discharge will aid in effective resource management.
Self-Sterile
self-sterile: Referring to a plant that cannot fertilise itself from its own flowers. Farmers benefit from understanding self-sterility for effective breeding and crop production.
Nursery Plot
nursery plot: an area of cultivated soil used for growing plants on before they are planted out, or for sowing seed. Also called seed plot. Nursery plots are essential for producing healthy seedlings and young plants for transplanting. Farmers can benefit from managing nursery plots to ensure a consistent supply of high-quality planting material, improve crop establishment, and reduce losses. Understanding the best practices for nursery plot management, including soil preparation, watering, and pest control, supports successful plant propagation and enhances farm productivity.
Sunflower
sunflower: an important oilseed crop grown in temperate areas. COMMENT: The oil extracted from the seeds is used for cooking and for margarine production. The residual cake after pressing is a high-protein livestock feed, and the whole plant can be fed to cattle. It is also useful as a green manure plant. Birds can cause serious damage to sunflower crops by feeding on the ripening seeds. The main producing countries are Russia, the Ukraine, Argentina, and Romania. Properly managing sunflower crops ensures healthy growth and high yields, supporting farm productivity and profitability.
Liquid Fertilizer
Liquid Fertilizer: Liquid fertilizer is a simple solution, not kept under pressure, of the normal raw materials of solid fertilizers, as opposed to pressurized solutions such as aqueous ammonia. Utilizing liquid fertilizers can improve nutrient delivery and crop growth.
Steaks
Cuts of meat that are typically sliced perpendicular to the muscle fibers, known for their tenderness and flavor. Steaks are a popular choice for grilling and dining. For example, producing ribeye and sirloin steaks for the retail market.
Drip Irrigation
drip irrigation: An irrigation system where water is supplied by ground-level pipes and released slowly at the base of each plant. Also called trickle irrigation, this method conserves water and reduces weed growth, making it an efficient and sustainable method for watering crops. Farmers should regularly inspect and maintain drip systems to ensure optimal performance.
Cattle Development
The physical and physiological changes in cattle from birth to maturity. Development is influenced by genetics, nutrition, and management. For example, managing cattle development to ensure they reach their full genetic potential.
Site Of Special Scientific Interest
Site of Special Scientific Interest: an area of land in England, Wales, and Scotland that is officially protected to maintain its fauna, flora, or geology. Abbr SSSI. Farmers with land designated as an SSSI can receive support for conservation efforts, enhancing biodiversity and ecological health on their farms.
Alpha Acids
alpha acids: A number of related compounds found in hops, which give hops their bitter taste. Understanding alpha acids helps farmers manage hop production for brewing.
Buck Brush
buck brush: A term for certain shrubs or small trees used as forage for livestock. Managing buck brush supports grazing and provides valuable forage.
Honey Extractor
A machine used to extract honey from honeycomb by spinning the frames to force honey out. Honey extractors help beekeepers efficiently harvest honey while preserving the comb for reuse. For example, operating a honey extractor to collect honey from multiple hives.
Stale Seedbed
stale seedbed: a method of killing weeds by using a contact herbicide just before drilling. Using stale seedbed techniques helps farmers manage weeds effectively, promoting healthy crop growth and better yields.
Macronutrients
Essential nutrients required by plants and animals in large quantities for growth and development. Macronutrients include nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium for plants, and carbohydrates, proteins, and fats for animals. For example, applying nitrogen fertilizer to crops to promote healthy growth and high yields.
Food Product Sustainable Development Goals (Sdgs)
The alignment of food production and distribution business practices with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which address global challenges related to poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, and peace and justice. For example, contributing to food product sustainable development goals by adopting practices that promote sustainability and social equity.
Accredited Herd
accredited herd: A herd of cattle registered under a scheme as being free from Brucellosis. Maintaining an accredited herd ensures livestock health and marketability.