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Agriculture for Secondary Schools
Bird-resistant sorghum Broadcasting
a type of sorghum with hard seeds a method of planting by scattering
that birds find difficult to eat seeds across the field without rows
Blanching Bruchids
a method of briefly boiling vegetables insects that damage stored cereal and
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like green peas before freezing to pulse seeds by feeding inside them
keep them fresh
Budgeting,
Bloat estimating the costs involved in
a swollen state of rumen and reticulum production, such as seeds, Fertilisers,
caused by excessive accumulation of irrigation and labour, and planning
gas, commonly occurs in ruminants how to manage these costs effectively
that have been grazed on young, lush to ensure profitability
legumes or ingested large amounts of
concentrate rations Bull management
looking after bulls to make sure they
Breed are healthy and strong for mating,
a a particular type of animals or plants and replacing them often to avoid
with similar features and abilities, inbreeding
often developed for a purpose, e.g.,
milk or meat (for animals) or grain Bull
or fruit (for plants) uncastrated male cattle
Breeding (in animals or crops) Burdizzo clamp
the process of mating animals to a tool used to crush the cords inside
produce young or offspring with the scrotum to stop testicles from
good qualities; it also mean the working, without cutting the skin
process of selecting and growing Buttermilk
plants to produce new types with the liquid left after making butter
good qualities
from cream
Breeding records By-products
written data or notes about animals’ extra or leftover materials obtained
mating and births, including dates, when producing a main product, e.g.,
parents, and calf IDs; they helps to hides from cattle or straw and bran
track growth and avoid inbreeding
from cereals
Breeding season Calf
a planned time when animals are young cattle
mated to ensure that birth occurs
when feeds and conditions are best, Calving area
often at the start of the rainy season a clean, quiet, and dry space where
cows stay before giving birth to help
ensure a safe delivery
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