Category: L

Leucine: Leucine is an essential amino acid. Understanding amino acids like leucine can help farmers formulate balanced animal feeds.

Leicester Longwool: Leicester Longwool is a breed of large hornless white-faced sheep, used a lot by Robert Bakewell, but now rare. Understanding and preserving rare breeds like Leicester Longwool can enhance genetic diversity and resilience in sheep farming.

Landscape Gardener: A landscape gardener is a gardener who creates a new appearance for a garden. Employing landscape gardeners can enhance the visual appeal and functionality of farm gardens.

Locomotor Disorder: Locomotor disorder is a disease caused by skeletal growth not keeping pace with the rate of muscle development. Managing locomotor disorders through proper nutrition and care can ensure healthy growth in livestock.

Lemon: Lemon is a yellow edible fruit of an evergreen citrus tree (Citrus limon). Lemons have a very tart flavor and are used in flavoring and in making drinks. Growing lemons can provide farmers with a high-value crop for culinary and beverage markets.

Lift: To lift means to harvest root crops such as potatoes by digging them out of the ground. Potatoes can be lifted from the soil and, using a spinner or an elevator digger, left in rows for hand-picking. Efficient lifting techniques can improve harvest efficiency and crop quality.

Link: A link is a measurement, forming one loop of a chain (one-hundredth of a surveying chain, or 7.92 inches). To link means to be related to or associated with something. Health is linked to diet or Health and diet are linked. Understanding measurements and associations can aid in precise farm planning and management.

Lacaune: Lacaune is a breed of sheep found mainly in Aveyron, France, and used mainly for milk production. Raising Lacaune sheep can enhance dairy production, offering high-quality milk for cheese and other dairy products, thus increasing farm income.

Litre: A litre is a measure of capacity equal to 1000cc or 1.76 pints. Symbol l, L. Understanding measurements like litres can aid in precise farm planning and product management.

Litter: Litter is 1. a group of young mammals born to one mother at the same time. The sow had a litter of ten piglets. 2. bedding for livestock. Straw is the best type of litter, although bracken, peat moss, sawdust, and wood shavings can be used. To litter means to leave rubbish in a place or to give birth. Bears litter in early spring. Properly managing livestock litter can enhance animal welfare and hygiene.