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What is this job like? What is this job like? Back to Top How can farms use less labor? Control pests and weeds? Conserve soil and water? Do all of the above, yet still grow more food?…agriculture
(Encyclopedia) agriculture, science and practice of producing crops and livestock from the natural resources of the earth. The primary aim of agriculture is to cause the land to produce more…Agricultural Output by State, 2004 Crops
StateCorn(1,000 bu) Wheat(1,000 bu) Cotton, ginned(1,000 ba) Potatoes(1,000 cwt) Rice(1,000 cwt) Cattle(1,000 head) Hogs and pigs1(1,000 head)Alabama23,9852,880820228 1,360.0180.0Alaska 13.51.…farming, in agriculture
(Encyclopedia) farming, in agriculture: see agriculture.commune, in agriculture
(Encyclopedia) commune, in agriculture: see collective farm.drainage, in agriculture
(Encyclopedia) drainage, in agriculture, the removal of excess water from the soil, either by a system of surface ditches, or by underground conduits if required by soil conditions and land contour.…grain, in agriculture
(Encyclopedia) grain, in agriculture, term referring to the caryopsis, or dry fruit, of a cereal grass. The term is also applied to the seedlike fruits of buckwheat and of certain other plants and is…harrow, in agriculture
(Encyclopedia) harrow, farm implement, consisting of a wooden or metal framework bearing metal disks, teeth, or sharp projecting points, called tines, which is dragged over plowed land to pulverize…share, in agriculture
(Encyclopedia) share, in agriculture: see plow.Baker, Oliver Edwin
(Encyclopedia) Baker, Oliver Edwin, 1883–1949, American economic geographer, grad. Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio. He studied forestry at Yale and agriculture and economics at the Univ. of…Trending
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