Entries in the Category Agriculture
Farming, gardening, planting, crops, ranching, animal management, animal husbandry, horticulture, agronomy, breeding, etc. You can also see citations assigned to this category.
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brown-bag v. to illegally sell proprietary seed varieties. (posted Apr. 10, 2007) [full entry…]
chicken tractor n. a bottomless, mobile chicken coop that rests directly on the ground. British chicken ark, Australian chook tractor. (posted Jun. 21, 2007) [full entry…]
compost tea n. a solution of organic waste matter used as plant fertilizer or insecticide. (posted Sep. 12, 2006) [full entry…]
flake n. a (packed, firm, or cohesive) portion of animal fodder such as hay or straw, smaller than a bale and larger than a handful. (posted Aug. 21, 2007) [full entry…]
foodshed n. the area which can, or is sufficient to, provide food for a given location. (posted May. 15, 2007) [full entry…]
hat-rack v. to severely prune a tree of all but its largest branches. (posted Sep. 11, 2006) [full entry…]
leisure farm n. land used for agriculture-related tourism or recreation. (posted Jun. 13, 2007) [full entry…]
rent-a-cow attrib. indicating a situation in which livestock are deceitfully used to make a residential or commercial property qualify as a working farm or ranch in order to benefit from an agricultural tax provision or subsidy. (posted Sep. 14, 2007) [full entry…]
spray and pray v. phr. to indiscriminately aim and deliver (bullets, insecticide, perfume, a marketing message, golf balls, etc.). (posted Oct. 20, 2006) [full entry…]
swampbuster n. a person who converts swampland into farmland. (posted Jun. 28, 2007) [full entry…]
windshield cowboy n. a cattle rancher who works while driving a pickup truck instead of riding a horse; generally, a mildly deprecating term for an aspiring rancher who is considered a pretender. (posted Aug. 24, 2007) [full entry…]
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