Agriculture Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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greenscam n. Ethanol, dressed down as a mere granola greenscam, is the lingua franca of politicians whose mainstay is corporate welfare. They arrange government subsidies, and the corporations arrange campaign friendships. It’s like a Pez refill they all use. Press again, ethanol again. Your money goes in, inefficient fuel comes out, and your money goes into ADM’s well-padded pockets. [English Agriculture Automobiles & Transportation Environment] [full cite] (May. 17, 2007)

hail cannon n. He also has what’s called a hail cannon, which uses a sonic boom to bombard hailstones so they break up and are less damaging to fruit. [English Agriculture] [full cite] (Nov. 8, 2007)

hardening off n. It is best not to put seedling so young directly out in the garden. “Hardening off” is the term for gradually acclimating them to outdoor conditions. I use an half-way house, also known in garden circles as a cold frame, i.e., an enclosed, bottomless box with a clear glass or plastic lid that can be propped open for ventilation or closed against a chilly night. [English Agriculture Jargon] [full cite] (May. 9, 2008)

hat racking v. The freeze was severe enough to cause some defoliation and twig die-back or death of the ends of some limbs. But it added that the tree damage wasn’t as bad as in 1962 when there was widespread hat racking, which is the death of all but the largest limbs of the trees. [Florida English Agriculture Environment Jargon] [full cite] (Sep. 11, 2006)

hat-rack v. Replacing that stock was slowed last fall when canker, the disease most dangerous to citrus, was discovered in several Florida nurseries. Millions of seedlings had to be destroyed. Other trees damaged in 1983 were “hat-racked”—pruned until they only had three or four limbs. [English Agriculture Environment Jargon] [full cite] (Sep. 11, 2006)

hat-racking v. Q: My neighbor has butchered his trees. He had hired someone who pruned off all the branches and leaves. Isn’t this harmful, not to mention ugly?…A: Yes, it’s a quite harmful to the tree’s long-term health. It’s commonly called “hat-racking.” [English Agriculture Environment Jargon] [full cite] (Dec. 11, 2005)

hat-racking v. Hat-racking your backyard tree in many Broward cities could cost up to $250 per day in fines—$5000 if it is found to be irreparably damaged and is not replaced. Hat-racking is the arboreal word for overpruning. [English Agriculture Environment Jargon] [full cite] (Sep. 11, 2006)

head out v. phr. Wheat plants normally “head out”—that’s the term for producing the grain kernels expected to be harvested in June and July—between May 10 and May 25. [English Agriculture Jargon] [full cite] (May. 7, 2008)

head table n. A survey of the workers confirmed what the plant’s nurses had suspected: those who got sick were employed at or near the “head table,” where workers cut the meat off severed hog heads. [English Agriculture Jargon] [full cite] (Feb. 6, 2008)

heli-mulching n. Rice straw dropped from a heavy-lift helicopter rained down like snow Monday on fire-blackened forest land north of Oroville in an effort to control erosion. The process, known as “heli-mulching,” is set to continue through Halloween if weather permits. [English Agriculture Aviation Jargon] [full cite] (Oct. 26, 2008)

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