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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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organic matter

Agriculture; Animal feed

The total weight of the feed minus the weight of the mineral matter (or ash) in the feed.

orifice

Agriculture; Animal feed

A restriction, the length of which is small in respect to its cross-sectional dimensions.

orifice traps

Agriculture; Animal feed

Traps that discharge steam at a constant rate and have no internal moving parts to alter or stem its flow.

palatability

Agriculture; Animal feed

Taste appeal, the degree of acceptability of a feed to livestock.

parts per million (PPM)

Agriculture; Animal feed

1 milligram per kilogram = 1ppm = 1 pound per million pounds.

pascal (PA)

Agriculture; Animal feed

A unit of pressure or stress equal to one newton per square metre.

pasture

Agriculture; Animal feed

An area of grassy land where farm animals range and feed.