Terms beginning with M

The range of plans dealing with strategic and operational issues of forest management prepared for specific regional or local areas and integrating environmental and commercial objectives.

The periodic and systematic measurement and assessment of change in an indicator.

A large area of a single species.

The informal agreement by the Montreal Process Group of countries to work towards the implementation of a comprehensive set of criteria and indicators for forest conservation and sustainable management.

The management of forests for a variety of uses and values, such as water production, recreation, apiculture, and timber production.

The old Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, now replaced by DEFRA.

Animal dung generally mixed with the bedding straw and 'composted'.

A small scale intensive farm producing (usually) vegetables and fruit for sale in local markets, sometimes direct to local businesses and the public.

An infection of the udder. If left untreated it can severely damage the ability of a cow or sheep to produce milk.

A dry mix of feed ingredients, usually with the individual feeds distinguishable in the mix.

An ingredient in animal feed and fertiliser. It is produced largely from the bits humans don't want to or can't eat. Typically guts and bones, but also carcasses unfit for human consumption. The meat is ground and heat treated (ie cooked) and then dried to a meal. The product is high in fat, protein and essential minerals (like phosphorus).

A place where cows (or other animals) are milked. Usually attached to a dairy.

1: To Mill, verb - grind ingredients to make Meal OR 2: noun - a synonym for Meal.

A narrow, unlined drain in clay soil made with a special plough. A long narrow blade with a cylindrical foot is dragged through poorly draining soil leaving a circular cross sectioned hole with a disturbed section of soil above it. Mole drains require no liners and may continue to work for several years in really sticky soils.

Animal manure contains nutrients that can benefit the soil. Farms that have a lot of manure, removed from buildings where animals have been housed during the winter, may spread it onto their fields to act as a fertiliser.