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Question 1

Drinking trough:

Answer 1

recipient used for supplying drinking water to domestic animals.

Question 2

DAC:

Answer 2

Distributeur Automatique de Concentrés (Automatic Concentrate Dispenser): a piece of farming equipment used to dispense a predefined quantity of concentrates generally proportionate to output.

Question 3

DAL:

Answer 3

Distributeur Automatique de Lait (Automatic Milk Dispenser), a piece of farming equipment dispensing a predefined quantity of reconstituted milk to young animals.

Question 4

DJA:

Answer 4

Dotation d’installation aux Jeunes Agriculteurs (Young Farmer Premium).

Question 5

Depreciation charge

Answer 5

an accounting assessment of the depreciation of fixed assets.

Question 6

Drainage:

Answer 6

a process artificially prompting the evacuation of excess water present in soil.

Question 7

Damping off:

Answer 7

damage occurring at seedling emergence, generally caused by soil fungi killing plantlets with varying degrees of speed.

Question 8

EARL:

Answer 8

Exploitation Agricole à Responsabilité Limitée (Limited Liability Agricultural Holding). A type of company specific to the agricultural sector and governed by French farm laws. It is more flexible than a GAEC (see term) and can be a single-member company or run by a married couple and it is not compulsory for all members to be involved in its operations. However, the members do not benefit from legal transparency. Members’ financial liability is limited.

Question 9

Ear:

Answer 9

: an inflorescence comprising an axis along which flowers without pedicels are inserted.

Question 10

ETA:

Answer 10

entreprise de travaux agricoles (agricultural service supply agency).

Question 11

Feeding:

Answer 11

the process of supplying fodder to herbivorous domestic animals.

Question 12

Feeding trough:

Answer 12

a hollow recipient made of stone, concrete, wood or metal used to contain food for livestock.

Question 13

Fixed/structural costs

Answer 13

all non-financial and extraordinary expenses that are not dependent on the company’s business volume such as farm rent, insurance, wages, fuel, bookkeeping costs, equipment, maintenance, etc.

Question 14

Forage harvester:

Answer 14

an agricultural machine used to harvest fodder for silage by chopping it more or less finely.

Question 15

FAF:

Answer 15

Fabrique d’Aliment à la Ferme (Farm Feed Plant): set of equipment and facilities enabling farmers to produce feed for their livestock from raw materials. By extension, the term also refers to the process

Question 16

Fecundity:

Answer 16

an animal’s ability to reproduce. See “fecundity rate”.

Question 17

Fertilization

Answer 17

process of applying minerals required for plant development to a growing medium such as soil.

Question 18

Fungicide:

Answer 18

a substance or preparation capable of killing microscopic fungi.

Question 19

Fodder:

Answer 19

plant or blend of plants grown for its vegetative parts (leaves, stems, sometimes roots) used either fresh or preserved, generally by drying, to feed animals.

Question 20

FLF:

Answer 20

Family Labor Force.

Question 21

Fecundity rate =

Answer 21

= (number of young born (including stillborn young and abortions)) × 100
number of breeding females

Question 22

Fertility rate =

Answer 22

( number of females giving birth) × 100

number of breeding females