📐Acre

A unit of land area commonly used to measure farmland.

💼Agribusiness

The business sector encompassing farming and related commercial activities.

🌾Agriculture

The practice of cultivating soil, growing crops, and raising livestock.

🌱Agroecology

Ecology applied to farming systems.

🌳Agroforestry

The integration of trees and shrubs with crops and livestock.

🌾Agronomy

The science of soil management and crop production.

💨Anemometer

A device that measures wind speed on a farm.

🐜Aphid

A tiny sap-sucking insect that damages many crop plants.

🍯Apiary

A place where beehives are kept for honey and pollination.

🐝Apiculture

The scientific rearing and management of honey bee colonies.

🐟Aquaculture

The farming of aquatic organisms such as fish, shellfish, and plants.

🌉Aqueduct

A channel or pipe built to carry water over long distances.

💧Aquifer

An underground layer of rock holding usable groundwater.

🟫Arable land

Land capable of being plowed and used to grow crops.

🌳Arboriculture

The cultivation and management of trees, shrubs, and vines.

🍁Autumn

The harvest season when many crops are gathered.

🌾Barley

A cereal grain used for food, malting, and animal feed.

🏠Barn

A farm building used for storing grain, hay, and livestock.

🪨Bedrock

The solid rock layer beneath the soil and subsoil.

🐝Beekeeping

The maintenance of honey bee colonies, often for pollination.

🐝Beneficial insect

An insect that helps crops by pollinating or eating pests.

🐞Biological control

Using natural predators or parasites to control agricultural pests.

🌾Buckwheat

A pseudocereal grown for its gluten-free grain-like seeds.

🌸Budding

A form of grafting in which a bud is inserted into another plant.

🛶Canal

A man-made channel that conveys water to farmland.

🐄Cattle

Domesticated bovines raised for meat, milk, and hides.

🌾Cereal

A grain crop such as wheat, rice, or maize grown for food.

🧱Clay

A fine-grained soil that retains water but drains poorly.

🌤️Climate

The long-term weather patterns affecting agricultural regions.

🧊Cold frame

A transparent-roofed enclosure low to the ground protecting plants from cold.