Glossary
Agricultural Sciences Professor Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential agricultural sciences professor terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key agricultural sciences professor vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in agricultural sciences professor training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Agronomy
- Crop and soil science.
- Animal science
- Livestock science.
- Extension
- Outreach to farmers and communities.
- Field day
- Event showing research to farmers.
- Food security
- Reliable access to food.
- Integrated pest management
- Combined pest control.
- Land-grant university
- Public university with agriculture missions.
- NIFA
- USDA research funding agency.
- Plot trial
- Field experiment.
- Precision agriculture
- Data-driven farming.
- Research station
- Farm for research.
- Soil health
- Soil’s ability to support life.
- Tenure
- Permanent status.
- USDA
- U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- Yield
- Crop produced per area.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Agricultural Sciences Professor practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Agricultural Sciences Professor training.
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