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Question 1

Procurement costs

Answer 1

all purchases and costs incurred by companies to produce goods and services intended for sale. Whether variable or fixed, procurement costs are included in agricultural companies’ overall costs along with financial expenses and extraordinary charges.

Question 2

Plow:

Answer 2

agricultural implement of varying size used for plowing, operating in an asymmetrical pattern by ejecting and turning earth on one side.

Question 3

Plot plan:

Answer 3

a unit composed of all the plots in an agricultural holding.

Question 4

Pluri-active:

Answer 4

if individuals’ activities on a farm are primarily or secondarily linked to non-agricultural work, they are described as pluri-active.

Question 5

Polygastric

Answer 5

mammal whose digestive system includes 4 compartments: the rumen (=paunch), honeycomb bag (=reticulum), psalterium (=omasum) and abomasum.

Question 6

Production:

Answer 6

an accounting term relating to the value of production sold or stored or self-constructed capital assets during a given period, to which private consumption and intra-branch consumption of animal feed for the farm is added. Production is valued at a basic price, i.e. including subsidies for products.

Question 7

Plant protection product:

Answer 7

a product designed to protect cultivated plant species and improve their yields, composed of an active substance or a combination of several chemicals or microorganisms and a binding agent, to which a solvent, adjuvants or a surfactant may be added.

Question 8

Prolificacy:

Answer 8

number of young born per 100 females giving birth. This is only relevant to species giving birth to several young per brood.

Question 9

Protein crops:

Answer 9

seed plants mainly grown due to their high protein content, e.g. soybeans, peas, broad beans, etc.

Question 10

PC =

Answer 10

protein content: protein content of milk expressed as g/kg of milk or as ‰. This figure is influenced by a number of factors and in particular, genetics. It is one of the main components used in calculating milk payments.

Question 11

Productive sow

Answer 11

any sow between the insemination and culling stages.

Question 12

Present sows:

Answer 12

number of productive sows and gilts present on a farm.

Question 13

Quota:

Answer 13

right to produce granted to an agricultural holding set by European legislation.

Question 14

Quintal(s):

Answer 14

unit of measurement corresponding to 100kg.

Question 15

Rendering:

Answer 15

industrial processing of animal waste (carcasses, afterbirth, butchers’ and abattoir waste).

Question 16

Rural population:

Answer 16

: this is distinguished from the urban population. Urban units are defined as continuous built-up areas with a specific number of inhabitants. The term “urban unit” is used to describe a municipality or group of municipalities forming a continuous built-up area (no gaps of over 200 meters between buildings) with at least 2,000 inhabitants. Rural municipalities are considered to be those that do not fall within the composition of an urban unit.

Question 17

Replenishment:

Answer 17

process of replacing culled animals with new breeding stock.

Question 18

Rotation:

Answer 18

sequence of crops repeated identically several times in succession on the same plot (relatively uncommon at present).