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• Crop diversity — is the variance in genetic and phenotypic characteristics of plants used in agriculture. Crops may vary in seed size, branching pattern, in height, flower color, fruiting time, or flavor. They may also vary in less obvious characteristics such as …   Wikipedia

• Crop insurance — is purchased by agricultural producers, including farmers, ranchers, and others to protect themselves against either the loss of their crops due to natural disasters, such as hail, drought, and floods, or the loss of revenue due to declines in… …   Wikipedia

• Crop rotation — Fallow redirects here. For other uses, see Fallow (disambiguation). Satellite image of circular crop fields in late June 2001. Healthy, growing crops are green. Corn would be growing into leafy stalks by then. Sorghum, which resembles corn, grows …   Wikipedia

• Crop factor — The outer, red box displays what a 24×36 mm sensor would see, the inner, blue box displays what a 15×23 mm sensor would see. (The actual image circle of most lenses designed for 35 mm SLR format would extend further beyond the red box than shown… …   Wikipedia

• crop rotation — the system of varying successive crops in a definite order on the same ground, esp. to avoid depleting the soil and to control weeds, diseases, and pests. [1905 10] * * * Successive cultivation of different crops in a specified order on the same… …   Universalium

• Crop-lien system — The crop lien system is a credit system that became widely used by farmers in the United States in the South from the 1860s to the 1920s After the American Civil War, farmers in the South had little cash. The crop lien system was a way for… …   Wikipedia

• Cover crop — Agriculture General …   Wikipedia

• Federal Crop Insurance Corporation — The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) is a wholly owned Government corporation managed by the Risk Management Agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. FCIC manages the Federal crop insurance program which provides U.S. farmers and… …   Wikipedia

• har´vest|less — har|vest «HAHR vihst», noun, verb. –n. 1. a reaping and gathering in of grain and other food crops: »A field of Ceres, ripe for harvest (Milton). 2. a) the time or season of the harvest, usually in the late summer or early autumn. b) Dialect.… …   Useful english dictionary

• Energy crop — An energy crop is a plant grown as a low cost and low maintenance harvest used to make biofuels, or combusted for its energy content to generate electricity or heat. Energy crops are generally categorized as woody or herbaceous (grassy).… …   Wikipedia