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Sprinkler irrigation
The use of pipes to deliver water under pressure to a sprinkler head for the purpose of watering plants that are remove from a water source
Surface irrigation
Water flows over the soil surface to the crop
Drip irrigation
The use of small tubes to deliver irrigation water to the roots of crop plants in a uniform manner
Mechanical pest control
Pest control that affects the pests of crops
Threshing
Removal of grain from a plant
Field crop
A class of crop that includes grains,oil crops and specialty crops
Grain crop
Crop grown for its edible seeds
Malting
Processing of preparing grain for the production of beer and alcohol
Forage
Crop plants grown for their vegetative growth and fed to animals
Oilseed crop
Crops produced for the oil content of their seeds
Linen
Fabric produced from fibers in flax plants
Linseed oil
Oil produced from flax seed
Broadcast planter
Scatting seeds in a random pattern
Ginning
The process of removing the seeds from cotton
Seed piece
Vegetative means of propagating sugar cane
Cash crop
Crop grown for cash sale
Thermo
Classification of plants according to growing season required.
Cereal crop
Grasses grown for their edible seeds
Seed legume crop
Crop that is nitrogen fixing and produces edible seeds
Sugar crop
Crop grown for sugar content of its stems or roots
Tuber crop
Crop grown for its fleshy, under group storage stem
Stimulant crop
Crop that stimulates the senses of users
Conventional tillage
Land is plowed, turning over all crop residues
Minimum tillage
Soil is worked only enough so that seed will germinate
