G-K

Question 1

Green manure:

Answer 1

a temporary crop intended to be buried quickly to provide nutrients for the subsequent crop.

Question 2

Gestation:

Answer 2

: the condition of females carrying one or more fetuses.

Question 3

GMQ:

Answer 3

Gain Moyen Quotidien (Daily Weight Gain), an animal’s weight gain in g or kg/day.

Question 4

Granulates:

Answer 4

concentrated feed distributed to livestock (see concentrates).

Question 5

Grain size:

Answer 5

size distribution of soil components based on their diameter.

Question 6

Gravel:

Answer 6

soil particles whose diameter is between 2 and 20mm.

Question 7

Gross margin

Answer 7

an accounting tool for calculating the technical and economic performance of various farming activities. It can also be calculated generally for all activities. It is calculated directly by subtracting specific variable costs for a given activity from revenue for this activity.
Matrice: in French, the word matrice (“matrix”) is synonymous with the word “uterus”.

Question 8

GMO:

Answer 8

(genetically modified organism), a living organism whose gene pool has been altered by genetic engineering.

Question 9

Honeycomb bag:

Answer 9

second stomach pouch in ruminants. Syn: second stomach, reticulum.

Question 10

Haymaking:

Answer 10

set of processes aimed at reducing the water content of green fodder to transform it into hay.

Question 11

Haying:

Answer 11

the process of preserving fodder by drying it in the sun or ventilating it in a barn. Syn: haymaking, hay harvesting.

Question 12

Hay:

Answer 12

fodder stored in a dry form after haying.

Question 13

Hectare (ha):

Answer 13

a unit of surface area corresponding to 10,000m².

Question 14

Herbicide:

Answer 14

an active substance or preparation capable of killing plants.

Question 15

Harrow:

Answer 15

a trailer-mounted item of agricultural equipment with close-set teeth enabling shallow soil tillage.

Question 16

Humus:

Answer 16

stable organic soil component.

Question 17

Heat synchronizing:

Answer 17

a method of bringing animals to heat in groups and therefore synchronizing birthing periods for domestic females.

Question 18

Improvement/improver:

Answer 18

1. the process of improving soil and its outcome. 2. an organic or mineral substance added to the soil in large quantities (several tonnes to several tens of tonnes per hectare) to improve physical and chemical properties.

Question 19

Income statement:

Answer 19

accounting tool used to determine a farm’s profitability: the profit or loss for the financial year. This represents the difference between the company’s income and expenditure over a business year (=an operating cycle): income-expenditure=profit or loss for the financial year. NB all entries in the income statement are exclusive of VAT.

Question 20

IC:

Answer 20

Indice de Consommation (Food Conversion Ratio). A technical criterion widely used in zootechnics describing the product quantity (weight gain) achieved per kilogram of feed provided to animals. IC=GMQ/feed provided.

Question 21

ISO

Answer 21

(zootechnics): Intervalle Sevrage Œstrus (weaning-to-heat interval). Indicates the time in days between weaning of piglets and sows being in heat.

Question 22

Interculture:

Answer 22

French term describing the period between harvesting and sowing two main crops.

Question 23

Investments:

Answer 23

difference between acquisitions and divestitures of capital assets, with divestitures valued at their actual value.

Question 24

Intervention price

Answer 24

= support price = floor price: a guaranteed minimum price for a given product. If market prices fall below this threshold, the public authorities buy production at the intervention price.