R-Z

Question 1

Spreading:

Answer 1

the process of applying fertilizing material to soil or crops by spreading it evenly.

Question 2

Spelt:

Answer 2

a rustic species of wheat with a very loose ear.

Question 3

Spikelet:

Answer 3

a basic inflorescence typical of grasses.

Question 4

Stall:

Answer 4

an individual unit in a barn in which animals can lay and move around freely.

Question 5

Sprayer:

Answer 5

device used to apply fertilizer or plant protection products to soil or plants as a mist.

Question 6

SCEA:

Answer 6

Société Civile d’Exploitation Agricole (agricultural partnership) governed by the provisions of the French Civil Code whose purpose is to engage in agricultural activity. Members’ financial liability is unlimited.

Question 7

SCOP:

Answer 7

Surface en Céréales Oléagineux et Protéagineux (surface area planted with oilseed and protein crops).

Question 8

Sowing:

Answer 8

the process of spreading seed in soil generally using a seed drill.

Question 9

SICA:

Answer 9

Société d’Intérêt Collectif Agricole (a type of agricultural cooperative).

Question 10

Silo:

Answer 10

a generic term for areas, buildings or facilities used for storing various agricultural products.

Question 11

Subsoiling:

Answer 11

a tillage method aimed at breaking up deeper soil layers to improve porosity beneath tilled land (performed using a subsoiler).

Question 12

Sanitary break:

Answer 12

a period of indeterminate length during which a rearing house is emptied of animals to clean and disinfect the whole building and any equipment present before reintroducing animals. Commonly used in batch rearing.

Question 13

Tedder, rotary drum tedder

Answer 13

a piece of agricultural equipment composed of 4 to 8 rotors (=rotary heads) enabling fodder to be propelled and spread around the field to dry it quickly and evenly. Syn: the French term pirouette or toupie is used depending on the region.

Question 14

Teat cup shell:

Answer 14

a part of a milking machine composed of a cylindrical metal tube containing rubber or silicone liners. It is attached directly to the udder and used for collecting milk.

Question 15

Tillable/arable land:

Answer 15

tillable land includes areas of land used for cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, industrial beet, textile crops, medicinal plants, aromatic plants, potatoes, fresh and dried field-scale vegetables, fodder crops and fallow land. In addition to the above areas, arable land conventionally also includes land used for market gardening and flower cultivation and farmers’ private gardens.

Question 16

Starter crop:

Answer 16

The first crop in a crop rotation. In the strict sense: the rotation crop for which the period of time until it is sown again is longest. Sometimes used to refer to all crops other than straw cereals.

Question 17

Triticale

Answer 17

cereal produced by crossing wheat and rye.

Question 18

UTH (Unité de Travail Humain):

Answer 18

labor unit, a unit used to represent the size of the workforce on a farm. One UTH corresponds to one full-time worker on a farm.

Question 19

Windrow:

Answer 19

a continuous strip of fodder, or by extension, straw or beet, left on the ground after mowing, harvesting, or pulling. This operation is referred to as windrowing.

Question 20

Windrower:

Answer 20

an agricultural machine aligning a product (fodder, straw, etc.) on the ground.

Question 21

Weeding:

Answer 21

all chemical and mechanical techniques used for eliminating adventives.

Question 22

Zootechnics:

Answer 22

all disciplines involved in producing and farming productive livestock.