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Agriculture vocabulary — B1

Agriculture vocabulary for farming basics, including irrigation, fertiliser, pesticide and livestock, plus crop rotation and the harvest that follows it.

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irrigation
/ˌɪrəˈɡeɪʃən/
The supply of water to crops or land through pipes, channels or sprinklers.
Example: Farmers rely on irrigation during the dry season.
fertiliser
A substance added to soil to help crops grow better.
Example: She spread fertiliser over the field before planting.
pesticide
/ˈpɛstəˌsaɪd/
A chemical used to kill insects or other pests that damage crops.
Example: The farm switched to a less harmful pesticide.
livestock
/ˈlaɪvˌstɑk/
Animals such as cattle, sheep or pigs that are raised on a farm.
Example: The livestock were moved to a new field for grazing.
crop rotation
The practice of growing different crops in the same field each year to keep the soil healthy.
Example: Crop rotation helped the soil recover its nutrients.
yield
/jild/
The total amount of crop that a piece of farmland produces.
Example: A dry summer cut the wheat yield in half this year.
harvest
/ˈhɑrvəst/
To gather a crop when it is ready, or the crop that is gathered.
Example: The whole village helped harvest the wheat before the rain.
orchard
/ˈɔrtʃərd/
A piece of land where fruit trees are grown.
Example: The apples were picked from the old orchard behind the farmhouse.
manure
/məˈnʊr/
Animal waste that farmers put on fields to help plants grow.
Example: Farmers spread manure on the fields every spring.
graze
/ɡreɪz/
When animals eat grass growing in a field.
Example: The sheep were left to graze on the hillside all day.
sow
/saʊ/
To put seed into the ground.
Example: They sow the top field in the second week of October.
plough
/plaʊ/
To turn over soil before planting.
Example: It takes two days to plough that field with one tractor.
greenhouse
/ˈɡrinˌhaʊs/
A glass building for growing plants in warmth.
Example: The greenhouse doubles the growing season for anything tender.
seedling
/ˈsidlɪŋ/
A very young plant grown from seed.
Example: Every seedling is potted on before it goes outside.