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Across
  1. 2. a row of trees that provides shelter or protection from the wind.
  2. 3. the upper layer of earth in which plants grow.
  3. 4. a farm implement used to break up and smooth out the surface of a plot of soil.
  4. 8. prevention of wasteful use of a resource.
  5. 9. the application of water to the soil through various systems.
  6. 12. the process of collecting mature crops as food.
  7. 13. method of growing crops on sides of hills by planting.
  8. 15. the technique of piling soil up around the base of a plant.
  9. 18. farming which includes growing and harvesting crops and raising animals or livestock.
  10. 22. grassland used for grazing of mainly domestic herbivores.
  11. 23. a geographic area located outside of towns and cities.
  12. 24. a mature female chicken or other fowl.
  13. 26. electrically charged atom.
  14. 27. mechanical cultivation of agricultural soils by the plough to different depths.
  15. 28. the juvenile goat.
Down
  1. 1. agricultural output.
  2. 5. an area of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas.
  3. 6. the science or practice of planting, managing, and caring for forests.
  4. 7. a person who owns or manages a farm.
  5. 10. a unit of land area equal to 4,840 square yards.
  6. 11. type of farming using no synthetic fertilizers or pesticides.
  7. 14. a plant that's often grown to feed livestock.
  8. 16. organic matter used as fertilizer in agriculture.
  9. 17. a plant that can be grown and harvested for profit or subsistence.
  10. 19. planting a different crop on a particular piece of land each growing season.
  11. 20. a large farm building used for storage or housing livestock.
  12. 21. the area of land that drains to a particular river.
  13. 25. the wearing away of the land surface by water, wind, or ice.