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Agriculture

The practice of cultivating soil, crops, and livestock and the preparation or marketing of those products.The practice of cultivating soil, crops, and livestock and the preparation or marketing of those products.

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heat treatment

Agriculture; Animal feed

A process in which heat is used to treat compound feed in order to reduce the microbial load and to eliminate pathogenic germs such as salmonella.

hectare

Agriculture; Animal feed

A metric unit of area, 100 metres by 100 metres (10,000 square metres); equivalent to 2.471 acres.

helical

Agriculture; Animal feed

Spiral-shaped: in the shape of a helix or spiral.

hemicellulose

Agriculture; Animal feed

The polysaccharide fraction existing in the cell wall of the plant. It is similar to cellulose but is only partially digestible in the rumen.

herbivores

Agriculture; Animal feed

Animals that feed on plant material.

hertz

Agriculture; Animal feed

Unit of frequency; equal to one cycle per second (cps).

hog fuel

Agriculture; Animal feed

Waste wood that is used for generation of heat and process energy; made by reducing bark to a usable size.