Compiled by the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau and provided through the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Agriculture
Last updated: Summer 2006
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Agricultural Acts
Heifer - A young female cow. One that has not yet been bred.
Herbicide - Any agent used to destroy or inhibit growth of plants, especially weeds.
Horticulture - The science of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers or ornamental plants.
Humus A brown or black substance resulting from the partial decay of plant and animal matter; organic part of the soil.
Hundredweight of Milk A bulk measure of milk sold at the farm. A cwt. is equivalent to approximately 11.6 gallons of milk.
Hydroponics - Growing of plants in water containing dissolved nutrients, rather than in soil. This process is being used in greenhouses for intensive off-season production of vegetables.
Hypoxia - A low oxygen condition in the water that occurs where a free flowing body of water (like a river) enters a larger body of water, resulting in the rapid growth of plankton/phytoplankton that subsequently die and, in the process, consumes large amounts of oxygen.
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