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Agriculture Terms D
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Metabolisable | The energy that is available to an animal. Measured in units of megajoules per Energy (ME) kilogram of dry matter, (MJ ME/kgDM). |
Milking Machine & Machinery to milk a herd of dairy cows | includes a vacuum pump, milk lines & Milk Plant filter sock, milk cooler and chilled stainless steel milk vat. |
Minerals | Parts of feed or body that are made of inorganic molecules, but that are essential for an animal’s survival, eg, Calcium (Ca), Phosphorus (P), Cobalt (Co). |
Nitrogen Fixation | The transfer of nitrogen gas from the atmosphere, to organic forms that can be used by the plant. |
Palatable | Tasty enough for animal to eat. |
Perennial | A plant which is lasting or active throughout the year/many years. |
pH | Measure of how acid or alkaline a solution is. |
Photosynthesis | Process by plant of trapping the sun’s light energy and making sugar (glucose). |
Primary Production | Is the production of living things from the land and air, usually by a farmer. In NZ, agricultural and horticultural primary production includes the production of sheep, deer, apples, lettuces, grapes; and forestry and dairying. |
Production | Useful output from a farm animal or arable crop in the form of meat, milk, wool or crop. |