FARM VOCABULARY

Agrarian: relating to the land, especially the use of land for farming:

Sentence: People are leaving an agrarian way of life to go to the city.

Arable: used for or right for growing crops

Sentence: Water, food and arable land will be more scarce, cities more crowded and hunger more widespread.

Agriculture: the practice or work of farming:

Sentence: Agriculture and tourism are both important to the region’s economy.

Barn: a large building on a farm in which hay (= dried grass) and grain and often farm animals are kept.

Sentence: A large barn is essential for dry storage of crops

Compost: decayed organic material used as a fertilizer for growing plants.

Sentence: People use compost in their gardens to make the soil better

Fallow: land that a farmer does not grow crops on for a period of time

Sentence: The land lies fallow, waiting for the farmer to sow the seeds.

Furrow: a long, narrow trench made in the ground by a plough, especially for planting seeds or irrigation.

Sentence: The trees were planted in the furrows and the crops on the ridges.

Graze: eats grass in a field.

Sentence: They take the goats up onto the hill to graze

Harvest: the time of year when crops are cut and collected from the fields

Sentence: We had enormous harvests of corn this year

Scarecrow: an object usually suggesting a human figure that is set up to frighten birds away from crops

Sentence: A farmer puts a scarecrow in a field after he has planted seeds.

Silo: a large, round tower on a farm for storing grain or winter food for cattle

Sentence: They built stone silos for corn and beans.

Orchard: a piece of enclosed land planted with fruit trees.

Sentence: Her father had planted an apple orchard

Plow: an implement used to cut, lift, and turn over soil especially in preparing a seedbed

Sentence: The plow was designed to break up the soil for planting.

Livestock: animals and birds that are kept on a farm, such as cows, sheep, or chickens

Sentence: Some farms have security men checking to make sure that livestock in fields are safe.