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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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key

Agriculture; Animal feed

A small, parallel-sided piece, flat or tapered on top, for securing pulleys and other parts to shafts.

keyway

Agriculture; Animal feed

A groove or channel for a key, as in a shaft or the hub of a pulley; a keyseat.

kilogram

Agriculture; Animal feed

The basic unit of mass in the SI system, equal to 1,000 grams (approximately 2.2 lbs).

kilometre

Agriculture; Animal feed

A measure of length equal to 1,000 metres or 0.62 miles.

kinetic energy

Agriculture; Animal feed

Energy that a substance or body has by virtue of its mass (weight) and velocity.

knuckleboom

Agriculture; Animal feed

A hydraulically operated loading boom whose mechanical action imitates the human arm. Common on "forwarders".

lactation

Agriculture; Animal feed

Describes the secretion of milk from the mammary glands, the process of providing milk to the young and the period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young. Chief function ...