Terms beginning with L

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Logging

See harvesting.

Lactating

Producing milk.

Lairage

A place where livestock are kept temporarily. A waiting, holding or recovery area supplied with appropriate feeding and watering facilities. They are commonly found at markets, ports and abbotoirs.

Land

Before the invention of two-way ploughs soil could only be turned one way. For convenience fields were divided into sections called lands which were ploughed by going round and around turning the soil to the middle. Lands were sited in different places each year.

Layer Pellets

Poultry food suitable for birds producing large numbers of eggs.

Less Favoured Area (LFA)

Area of the country designated under European Union rules as needing extra financial support to sustain farming communities