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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mechanical control

Agriculture; Animal feed

Any control actuated by linkages, gears, screws, cams or other mechanical elements.

megacalorie

Agriculture; Animal feed

Units used to describe quantities of energy in a large animal’s diet. Equal to 1,000 kilocalories (Kcal).

metabolised

Agriculture; Animal feed

The process whereby the food is digested to enable the animal to utilise the nutrients.

metabolizable energy (ME)

Agriculture; Animal feed

The digestible energy intake minus the energy in the urine minus the energy in the gaseous product of digestion. The ME value of individual feeds is rarely measured.

metabolizable protein (MP)

Agriculture; Animal feed

Protein (amino acids) that is actually absorbed from the gut. MP consists of protein in the rumen, microorganisms, feed protein and any protein that bypasses digestion in the ...