SWCD - Crossword Labs

3. the upper layer of earth in which plants grow.
6. a mature female chicken or other fowl.
7. type of farming using no synthetic fertilizers or pesticides.
8. a large farm building used for storage or housing livestock.
9. a plant that can be grown and harvested for profit or subsistence.
11. an area of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas.
13. electrically charged atom.
15. grassland used for grazing of mainly domestic herbivores.
16. method of growing crops on sides of hills by planting.
18. agricultural output.
19. a person who owns or manages a farm.
23. planting a different crop on a particular piece of land each growing season.
24. a row of trees that provides shelter or protection from the wind.
26. farming which includes growing and harvesting crops and raising animals or livestock.
27. prevention of wasteful use of a resource.

1. the area of land that drains to a particular river.
2. mechanical cultivation of agricultural soils by the plough to different depths.
4. a farm implement used to break up and smooth out the surface of a plot of soil.
5. organic matter used as fertilizer in agriculture.
6. the process of collecting mature crops as food.
10. the science or practice of planting, managing, and caring for forests.
12. a geographic area located outside of towns and cities.
14. the wearing away of the land surface by water, wind, or ice.
17. the technique of piling soil up around the base of a plant.
20. a plant that's often grown to feed livestock.
21. the application of water to the soil through various systems.
22. the juvenile goat.
25. a unit of land area equal to 4,840 square yards.