General agriculture

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Aerodynamics

Agriculture; General agriculture

The study of the flow of gases (especially air) and the forces that affect objects in motion; specifically, the interaction of moving objects with the atmosphere.

Use for the practise of agriculture which supports sustained economic profitability, sustained quality and well-being of the environment, efficient use of natural resources, and the overall quality ...

Extensive farming

Agriculture; General agriculture

A system of raising crops and animals, usually on large parcels of land, where a comparatively small amount of production inputs or labour are used per acre. Compare intensive farming.

Dryland farming

Agriculture; General agriculture

A system of producing crops in semiarid regions (usually with less than 20 inches of annual rainfall) without the use of irrigation. Frequently, part of the land will lie fallow in alternate years to ...

Subsistence farming

Agriculture; General agriculture

A farming system where the food and goods produced are predominantly consumed by the farm family and there is little surplus for sale in the market.

Farmers

Agriculture; General agriculture

A person who is engaged in the raising of crops, poultry or livestock.

Platelet aggregation

Agriculture; General agriculture

The attachment of platelets to one another. This clumping together can be induced by a number of agents (e.g., thrombin; collagen) and is part of the mechanism leading to the formation of a thrombus.