Agriculture

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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feed blocks

Agriculture; Animal feed

Nutritional materials pressed into a block form which animals lick or nibble. Used usually as a vehicle for protein and mineral-vitamin mixes with a variable amount of ...

feed budget

Agriculture; Animal feed

Comparison of feed required with feed available and likely to be grown during the time of the budget projection.

feed contaminant

Agriculture; Animal feed

A substance contaminating animal feed and can threaten animal and/or human health. Contaminants can be naturally or non naturally occurring.

feed conversion

Agriculture; Animal feed

Units of production (lb or kg weight gain) per unit of feed fed (lb or kg weight of feed fed) during a specified time period.

feed efficiency

Agriculture; Animal feed

The amount of feed required to produce one unit of product, such as pounds (kg) of feed to produce one pound (kg) body weight gain, or one pound (kg) of milk or one dozen eggs. ...