In agriculture Agriculture encompasses a wide variety of specialties and techniques, including ways to expand the lands suitable for plant raising, by digging water-channels and other forms of irrigation. Cultivation of crops on arable land and the pastoral herding of livestock on rangeland remain at the foundation of agriculture. In the past century there has, a bumper crop refers to a particularly productive harvest In agriculture, the harvest is the processes of gathering mature crops from the fields. Reaping is the cutting of grain or pulse for harvest, typically using a scythe, sickle, or reaper. The harvest marks the end of the growing season, or the growing cycle for a particular crop, and this is the focus of seasonal celebrations of many religions. On yielded for a particular crop A crop is the annual or season's yield of any plant that is grown in significant quantities to be harvested as food, as livestock fodder, fuel, or for any other economic purpose. This category includes crop species as well as agricultural techniques related to cropping.
Example: "With all the rain we've had over the last few months, we are expecting a bumper crop this year."
The word "bumper" has a second definition[1] meaning "something unusually large," which is where this term comes from[2].
References
- ^ "Bumper". Merriam Webster Online Dictionary. http://m-w.com/dictionary/bumper.
- ^ "Is it OK to pet the cow?". The Word Detective. November 27, 2000. http://www.word-detective.com/112700.html.
