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This glossary of agriculture is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in agriculture, its sub-disciplines, and related fields, including horticulture, animal husbandry, agribusiness, and agricultural policy.
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The terms bull, cow and calf are also used by extension to denote the sex or age of other large animals, including whales, hippopotamus, camels, elk and elephants. Various other terms for cattle or types thereof are historical; these include nowt, nolt, mart, and others.
Farm equipment – any kind of machinery used on a farm to help with farming. Baler – piece of farm machinery used to compress a cut and raked crop (such as hay, cotton, straw, or silage) into compact bales that are easy to handle, transport and store. Combine harvester – or simply combine, is a machine that harvests grain crops.
Agriculture, also known as farming, is the process of producing food, feed, fiber and other desired products by cultivation of certain plants and the raising of domesticated animals. For the science, technology, and techniques of agricultural production, see subcategory Category:Agronomy .
Agricultural equipment is any kind of machinery used on a farm to help with farming.The best-known example of this kind is the tractor.. From left to right: John Deere 7800 tractor with Houle slurry trailer, Case IH combine harvester, New Holland FX 25 forage harvester with corn head.
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The following list, derived from the statistics of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), lists the most valuable agricultural products produced by the countries of the world. [1] The data in this article, unless otherwise noted, was reported for 2016.