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• Livestock Unit — The Livestock Unit, LU or LSU is a measure of livestock grazing in agriculture. One Livestock Unit is usually defined as the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow. Many different schemes exist, giving various values to the grazing effect of… …   Wikipedia

• livestock farming — Introduction       raising of animals for use or for pleasure. In this article, the discussion of livestock includes both beef and dairy cattle, pigs (pig), sheep, goats (goat), horses (horse), mules (mule), asses, buffalo, and camels (camel …   Universalium

• Imperial units — or the Imperial system is a collection of units, first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act of 1824 , later refined (until 1959) and reduced. The units were introduced in the United Kingdom and its colonies, including Commonwealth… …   Wikipedia

• farm management — ▪ agriculture Introduction       making (industrial engineering) and implementing of the decisions (agribusiness) involved in organizing and operating a farm for maximum production and profit. Farm management draws on agricultural economics for… …   Universalium

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• Zamorano — Infobox University name = Escuela Agrícola Panamericana established =1941 type =Private, Co ed endowment =$42 million staff =? president =Kenneth Hoadley students =900+ undergrad =900+ alumni =5000+ postgrad =Does not offer postgraduate studies… …   Wikipedia

• Climate Change Agreement — When climate change levy was introduced in the UK the position of energy intensive industries was considered, given their energy usage, the requirements of the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control regime and their exposure to international …   Wikipedia

• экстенсивные методы ведения фермерского хозяйства — — [http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/alphabetic?langcode=en] EN extensive cattle farming Farming system practiced in very large farms, characterized by low levels of inputs per unit area of land; in such situations the stocking rate, the… …   Справочник технического переводчика

• History of agriculture in the People's Republic of China — For over 4,000 years, China has been a nation of farmers. By the time the People s Republic of China was established in 1949, virtually all arable land was under cultivation; irrigation and drainage systems constructed centuries earlier and… …   Wikipedia

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• china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …   Universalium