Animal feed

Animal feed

Of or relating to the food products given to farmed animals.

Industry: Agriculture

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Vent

Agriculture; Animal feed

To permit opening of a pressure control valve by opening its pilot port (vent connection) to atmospheric pressure.

Yard

Agriculture; Animal feed

Unit of length equal to 3 feet (91.5 centimetres).

Yield

Agriculture; Animal feed

An expression of the amount of product (nominal or actual) that can be manufactured from a given input of raw material. Also referred to as product recovery.

Wheat

Agriculture; Animal feed

A cereal crop grown for animal feed and for the production of flour.

Wheatfeed

Agriculture; Animal feed

A byproduct of flour milling. It contains fragments of bran, seedcoat and some flour. Rather dusty but a useful animal food.

Wobble plate

Agriculture; Animal feed

A rotating canted plate in an axial type piston pump which pushes the pistons into their bores as it "wobbles".

Work

Agriculture; Animal feed

The application of force over a definite distance. Work (W) = Force (F) x distance (s). Expressed in joules, ergs, and foot-pounds. The joule is exactly the amount of work done in exerting the ...