A-D

Question 1

Adventive:

Answer 1

adjective or noun denoting a weed.

Question 2

Agriculture

Answer 2

: all work aimed at transforming the natural environment to produce plants and animals for human use.

Question 3

Approved dose:

Answer 3

effective dose of an agent applied to a crop to tackle a target organism such as a parasite or pest.

Question 4

Agricultural holding:

Answer 4

a company formed with a view to generating agricultural produce and characterized by single management and its own production facilities. An agricultural holding is considered to be any facility over a certain size, which may be either 1 hectare of agricultural land in use, 20 ares of specialist crops, or production exceeding a threshold (1 cow or 6 breeding ewes, etc.).

Question 5

AI: Artificial Insemination:

Answer 5

Artificial Insemination: the process of placing a dose of fresh or frozen semen in the genital tracts of female animals using appropriate instruments.

Question 6

Agricultural census:

Answer 6

national surveys commissioned by the ministry aimed at characterizing all agricultural holdings.

Question 7

AA:

Answer 7

Agricultural area in use (SAU or Superficie Agricole Utilisée in French). This includes arable land, permanent grassland (superficie toujours en herbe - STH), and permanent crops. It does not include woodland and forest.

Question 8

Blocking:

Answer 8

division of farmland into separate parts known as “blocks”, each allocated a specific crop during a crop season.

Question 9

Bale:

Answer 9

a rounded compressed bundle of fodder (hay or straw) held together by twine or netting.

Question 10

Balance sheet:

Answer 10

: an accounting tool used to provide a snapshot of a company’s financial situation at any given time. It provides an overview of the company’s assets and financing balance. This is expressed as assets and liabilities.

Question 11

Bere:

Answer 11

the name traditionally given to 6-row winter barley.

Question 12

Boar:

Answer 12

a male breeding swine.

Question 13

Clay:

Answer 13

soil texture component composed of particles whose diameter is less than 2 microns.

Question 14

Crusting:

Answer 14

phenomenon whereby the top centimeters of soil disintegrate as a result of rainfall.

Question 15

Cowpat:

Answer 15

bovine feces.

Question 16

CAD :

Answer 16

Contrat d’Agriculture Durable (Sustainable Agriculture Contract). This mechanism replaces the CTE (Contrat Territorial d’Exploitation) or Regional Farming Agreement suspended in 2002.

Question 17

CIPAN:

Answer 17

Culture Intermédiaire Piège à Nitrates Concentrés (Intermediate Crop for Concentrated Nitrate Capture): refers to all feed intended for livestock that is not fodder and is used in smaller quantities than fodder.

Question 18

CMV:

Answer 18

Complément Minéral Vitaminé (Vitamin Mineral Supplement), a food supplement rich in vitamins and minerals supplied in various forms (mineral lick, powder, etc.) to livestock.

Question 19

Concentrates=concentrated feed:

Answer 19

feed that is generally high in energy and/or protein providing animals with maximum intake in smaller portions, hence the term “concentrates”.

Question 20

Croskill:

Answer 20

a roller used to compact soil and break up clods.

Question 21

Croskillette:

Answer 21

a type of lightweight croskill used to compact topsoil.

Question 22

Catch crop:

Answer 22

a temporary crop interposed between two main crops.

Question 23

Cull:

Answer 23

in zootechnics, the act of ceasing to use a breeding animal. Such animals are generally slaughtered.

Question 24

Crop rotation:

Answer 24

a sequence of crops grown on a given plot.

Question 25

Calving:

Answer 25

bovine birthing.