The Agriculture Dictionary
The Agriculture Dictionary
The agriculture dictionary is where you get answers to every agriculture term you’re looking for. From plants to animal to equipment teems.
In agriculture, perennial crops are referred to as permanent crops because unlike annual and biennial crops, they don’t need to be replanted after one season or two, they require a number of growth cycles before they produce fruits and they…
In agriculture, biennial crops are crops that complete their life cycle within two(2) growing seasons or within 2 years. This means that from planting, flowering, fruiting and harvesting, takes two seasons. They sprout, grow, bear fruits and die off within…
In agriculture, annual crops are crops that complete their life cycle within a growing season or within a year. This means that from planting till harvesting takes one single year. They sprout, grow, bear fruits and die off within a…
Dicotyledonous plants, also known as dicots, are one of the two groups into which all the flowering plants or angiosperms were formerly divided. The name refers to one of the typical characteristics of the group, namely that the seed has…
Monocotyledonous plants commonly known and referred to as monocots, are grass and grass-like plants, the seeds of which commonly contain just a single early stage or one embryonic leaf or cotyledon. In agriculture the majority of the biomass produced comes from monocotyledons. These include…
Growing weed can be tricky. Growing cannabis is not as simple as throwing seeds into the ground and waiting for them to sprout. If you’re a new grower, it’s important to know all the insider tips on growing weed before…
Agriculture and farming seems old but never gets old, as we can’t stop eating and all the food we eat either come directly or indirectly from a farm. In this read, we’ll take you through some of the biggest farms…
This is an agricultural website, so we’ll be looking at colostrum in farm animals and not humans. Colostrum is very important in the life of every young animal, from calves to puppies to kids to lambs to piglets to kits to kittens and the likes. It…
What is commercial farming? Commercial farming or agriculture is the production of crops and livestock, with the use of modern technology. It is a type of agribusiness where farmers raise crops and livestock to make money by selling them in the market.…
What is subsistence farming? Subsistence farming or subsistence agriculture is a type of farming whereby farmers grow crops and raise livestock just for the maintenance of his family and very little for trade. It can also be defined as a type…