Across
- 5. science of improving crop yields using high teccontinuous grazingsgrazing animals are left to graze in a field for an extended period
- 6. farming applying information and data technologies for optimizing farming systems
- 10. controls or destroys insects derived from organic or inorganic materials
- 11. someone who depends on their own labor and resources to produce agriculture
- 14. any material that is applied to soil or to plant tissues to supply nutrients
- 15. substance that is toxic to plants, used to destroy unwanted vegetation
- 16. production of aquatic plants or animals in a controlled environment
- 18. when only one type of crop is grown year after year on the same land
- 21. land covered with grass and other low plants suitable for grazing animals
- 22. colonies of bees in hives
- 23. crop rotation aquaculture in which fish and plants grown hydroponically
- 25. growing plants without soil by using mineral nutrient solutions in water
- 26. Turning with a plow; involves significant disturbance of the soil
- 27. planting the close planting of different plants to enhance each other's growth
- 28. any organism whose genetic material has been altered
Down
- 1. misleading information about a products positive impact on the environment
- 2. process by which soil is moved from one location to another by wind or water
- 3. the science of soil management and crop production
- 4. A unit of measurement for agricultural land in the US and UK.
- 7. farming methods that focus on revitalizing soil health
- 8. process of capturing carbon dioxide reduce the effects of carbon
- 9. organic residues and soil, allowed to undergo biological decomposition
- 12. body of porous rock or sediment saturated with groundwater
- 13. crop crops grown between trees and vines in orchards and vineyards
- 17. any chemical used in agriculture
- 19. Agriculture conducted on commercial (money-making) principles
- 20. the science of breeding and caring for farm animals
- 24. group of companies that work together toward a common goal
- 27. rotation the practice of growing different crops in succession on the same land