English	definition	German
(to) breed	to keep animals or plants in order to produce young ones for a particular purpose	züchten
(to) harvest	to cut and gather a crop; to catch a number of animals or fish to eat	ernten
(to) maintain	to make something continue at the same level, standard, etc.	pflegen
(to) plant	to put plants, seeds, etc. in the ground to grow	pflanzen
agriculture	the science or practice of farming	Landwirtschaft
barn	a large farm building for storing grain or keeping animals in	Scheune
cattle	cows and bulls that are kept as farm animals for their milk or meat	Vieh, Rinder
climate	the regular pattern of weather conditions of a particular place	Klima
conditions	the state that something is in	Bedingungen
cotton	a plant grown in warm countries for the soft white hairs around its seeds that are used to make cloth and thread	Baumwolle
countryside	land outside towns and cities, with fields, woods, etc.	ländliche Gegend, Landschaft
crop	a plant that is grown in large quantities, especially as food	Ernte
dairy	milk, eggs, cheese and other milk products	Milch-, milchverarbeitend
disease	an illness affecting humans, animals or plants, often caused by infection	Krankheit
environment	the natural world in which people, animals and plants live	Umwelt
equipment	the things that are needed for a particular purpose or activity	Ausrüstung
farmer	a person who owns or manages a farm	Bauer/Bäuerin
fertiliser	a substance added to soil to make plants grow more successfully	Dünger, Düngemittel
fowl	a bird that is kept for its meat and eggs, for example a chicken	Vogel, Geflügel
grain	the small hard seeds of food plants such as wheat, rice, etc.; a single seed of such a plant	Korn, Getreide
greenhouse	a building with glass sides and a glass roof for growing plants in	Gewächshaus
hay bale	a cylindrical or rectangular bundle of hay, usually produced by a machine	Heubellen
hoe	a garden tool with a long handle and a thin metal blade, used for breaking up soil and removing weeds	Hacke
horticulture	the study or practice of growing flowers, fruit and vegetables	Gartenbau
insect	any small creature with six legs and a body divided into three parts, usually with wings, such as ants, beers and flies	Insekt
irrigation	the practice of supplying water to an area of land through pipes or channels so that crops will grow	Bewässerung
landowner	a person who owns land, especially a large amount of land	Landbesitzer
livestock	the animals kept on a farm, for example cows or sheep	Viehbestand
machinery	machines as a group, especially large ones	Maschinen, Mechanismus
manure	the waste matter from animals that is spread over or mixed with the soil to help plants and crops grow	Dünger, Mist
organic	(of food, farming methods, etc.) produced or practised without using artificial chemicals	organisch
pasture	land covered with grass that is suitable for feeding animals on	Wiese, Weide
pest	​an insect or animal that destroys plants, food, etc.	Pflanzenschädling
pesticide	a chemical used for killing pests, especially insects	Pestizid
plantation	a large area of land, especially in a hot country, where crops such as coffee, sugar, rubber, etc. are grown	Plantage
(to) plough	to dig and turn over a field or other area of land with a plough	pflügen, ackern
poultry	chickens, ducks and geese, kept for their meat or eggs	Geflügel
produce	things that have been made or grown, especially things connected with farming	Erzeugnis, Ausbeute
rake	a garden tool with a long handle and a row of metal points at the end, used for gathering fallen leaves and making soil smooth	Harke, Rechen
resistant	not affected by something; able to resist something	beständig
risk	the possibility of something bad happening at some time in the future; a situation that could be dangerous or have a bad result	Risiko
rural	connected with or like the countryside	ländlich
season	any of the four main periods of the year: spring, summer, autumn and winter	Jahreszeit, Saison
seed	the small hard part produced by a plant, from which a new plant can grow	Samen, Saat
shovel	a tool like a spade with a long handle and a broad metal part with curved edges, used for moving earth, snow, sand, etc.	Schaufel
soil	the top layer of the earth in which plants, trees, etc. grow	Erde
surplus	an amount that is extra or more than you need	Überschuss, überschüssig
tractor	a powerful vehicle with two large and two smaller wheels, used especially for pulling farm machines	Traktor
weather	the condition of the atmosphere at a particular place and time, such as the temperature, and if there is wind, rain, sun, etc.	Wetter
wheelbarrow	a large open container with a wheel and two handles that you use outside to carry things	Schubkarre