R-Z Flashcards
(22 cards)
Spreading:
the process of applying fertilizing material to soil or crops by spreading it evenly.
Spelt:
a rustic species of wheat with a very loose ear.
Spikelet:
a basic inflorescence typical of grasses.
Stall:
an individual unit in a barn in which animals can lay and move around freely.
Sprayer:
device used to apply fertilizer or plant protection products to soil or plants as a mist.
SCEA:
Société Civile d’Exploitation Agricole (agricultural partnership) governed by the provisions of the French Civil Code whose purpose is to engage in agricultural activity. Members’ financial liability is unlimited.
SCOP:
Surface en Céréales Oléagineux et Protéagineux (surface area planted with oilseed and protein crops).
Sowing:
the process of spreading seed in soil generally using a seed drill.
SICA:
Société d’Intérêt Collectif Agricole (a type of agricultural cooperative).
Silo:
a generic term for areas, buildings or facilities used for storing various agricultural products.
Subsoiling:
a tillage method aimed at breaking up deeper soil layers to improve porosity beneath tilled land (performed using a subsoiler).
Sanitary break:
a period of indeterminate length during which a rearing house is emptied of animals to clean and disinfect the whole building and any equipment present before reintroducing animals. Commonly used in batch rearing.
Tedder, rotary drum tedder
a piece of agricultural equipment composed of 4 to 8 rotors (=rotary heads) enabling fodder to be propelled and spread around the field to dry it quickly and evenly. Syn: the French term pirouette or toupie is used depending on the region.
Teat cup shell:
a part of a milking machine composed of a cylindrical metal tube containing rubber or silicone liners. It is attached directly to the udder and used for collecting milk.
Tillable/arable land:
tillable land includes areas of land used for cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, industrial beet, textile crops, medicinal plants, aromatic plants, potatoes, fresh and dried field-scale vegetables, fodder crops and fallow land. In addition to the above areas, arable land conventionally also includes land used for market gardening and flower cultivation and farmers’ private gardens.
Starter crop:
The first crop in a crop rotation. In the strict sense: the rotation crop for which the period of time until it is sown again is longest. Sometimes used to refer to all crops other than straw cereals.
Triticale
cereal produced by crossing wheat and rye.
UTH (Unité de Travail Humain):
labor unit, a unit used to represent the size of the workforce on a farm. One UTH corresponds to one full-time worker on a farm.
Windrow:
a continuous strip of fodder, or by extension, straw or beet, left on the ground after mowing, harvesting, or pulling. This operation is referred to as windrowing.
Windrower:
an agricultural machine aligning a product (fodder, straw, etc.) on the ground.
Weeding:
all chemical and mechanical techniques used for eliminating adventives.
Zootechnics:
all disciplines involved in producing and farming productive livestock.
